According to a forensic medial report, the reason of G.F.’s death is a sharp swelling of the brain with the brain string dislocated and stuck, which was caused by a blunt trauma of the skull and brain. Pursuant to information received from the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Corrections,12 on 30 May 2013, prisoner G.F. was moved from the penitentiary institution no. 2 to the penitentiary institution no. 14. The same day, he was accommodated in cell no. 221 of the sixth regime building. On 28 June 2013, he was moved into cell no. 334. The prisoner asked the prison administration to move him into cell no. 322 because one of the inmates in that cell was he childhood friend. The prison administration granted this request and on 20 January 2014 prisoner G.F. was moved to cell no. 322. The reason of moving the prisoner to the institution no. 14 was that he had been sentenced to imprisonment for 8 years, 7 months and 15 days by the Kutaisi Court of Appeal. Prisoner Sh.Sh. was transferred from Institution no. 6 to Institution no. 14 on 12 February 2014, on the basis of an order issued by the Chairman of the Penitentiary Department, and was placed in the cell no. 338 the same day. He was moved to the cell no. 322 on 14 February 2014. Prisoner L.M was transferred from the Institution no. 6 to the Institution no. 14 on 12 February 2014, on the basis of an order issued by the Chairman of the Penitentiary Department. The same day, he was placed in the cell no. 429. He was moved to the cell no. 322 on 14 February 2014. Prisoner G.S. was transferred from the Institution no. 6 to the Institution no. 14 on 27 February 2014, based on an order of the Chairman of the Penitentiary Department. The same day he was placed in the cell no. 322 of the sixth building. We would like to stress that it were the secret reports of the director of the Institution no. 6 on which basis the orders to move prisoners Sh.Sh., L.M. and G.S. to the Institution no. 14 were issued. The Penitentiary Department refused to furnish copies of these reports to us under the pretext that they are classified as “secret” documents and the Public Defender is not entitled to access such documents under the Law on Criminal Intelligence Activities. We therefore remain unaware of the reasons of moving prisoners Sh.Sh., L.M. and G.S. to the Institution no. 14. In respect of this case, the Office of the Public Defender addressed the following additional questions to the Chief Prosecution Office: 1. What investigative measures were conducted; how many officials of the Penitentiary Department were interrogated; 2. Which of these investigative measures were conducted by the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Corrections; 12 Letter no. MCLA 1 14 00207345 dated 7 May 2014 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 17

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