order to ensure early detection and timely treatment. In addition, the health condition of inmates should be checked at least once a year. 157 RECOMMENDATION TO THE MINISTER OF PROBATION: •• Ensure complex examination of inmates at least once a year with a strong focus on screening of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases for early detection 2.6.  HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT - SPECIAL CATEGORIES 2.6.1.  JUVENILE PRISONERS The special preventive group at the Public Defender’s Office together with its Centre of the Child’s Rights monitored penitentiary facilities to look into the status of the rights of juvenile inmates. The monitoring was carried out within the frames of the National Preventive Mechanisms. The section provides the findings of the monitoring mission. A juvenile convict who has not reached the age of 18, must be placed in a rehabilitation institution for juveniles.158 Under age convicts/accused are also placed in Facilities 2 and 8 of the Penitentiary Department. By the end of the reporting period 48 juvenile convicts were placed at Facility 11. Article 21 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) sets the rules for placement of the juvenile offenders in a detention facility, while Recommendation (2008)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures159 holds that the placement of juveniles in institutions shall be guided in particular by the provision of the type of care best suited to their particular needs and the protection of their physical and mental integrity and well-being. According to the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners must be kept separately from adults160. The same refers to the separation of untried prisoners from the convicts.161 Unlike the Institutions N2 and N8, the Institution N11 homes only juvenile offenders. Separation of juvenile and adult inmates in the Institutions N2 and N8 still remains a problem. In spite of the fact that the juvenile convicts are placed in a separate building, 157 According to Article 120, Paragraph 2 of the Imprisonment code of Georgia, the state of the health of an accused/convict shall be checked at least once a year. Ill accused/convict shall be provided with emergency treatment 158 The Imprisonment Code, Article 68, Part I 159 Recommendation (2008) 11 of the Committee of Ministers to the Member States of the European Rule for Juvenile Offenders Subject to Sanctions or Measures, Article 54. Available in English at: https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1367113&Site=CM [last accessed 24.03.2015]. 160 The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Article 8, Paragraph D 161 The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Article 8, Paragraph B 130 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA