in cloakrooms are dysfunctional. Soap holders and shelves for other items of hygiene are not installed in the shower room. In a majority of cloakrooms, there are no chairs. Investigation rooms are located on the two floors of the administrative building. These rooms are used for meeting with prisoners by not only representatives of investigative authorities but also by lawyers, priests and representatives of international organizations and the Public Defender’s Office – persons whose conversation with the prisoners is confidential under law. There are 36 investigation rooms in total. Surveillance cameras are installed in 35 of these 36 rooms. There is no surveillance camera in one room, which is normally used by representatives of international organizations to talk to prisoners. The investigation rooms are not heated. The rooms have no windows and no central ventilation system. The rooms are lit by electricity. There is an air conditioner in each room but the air conditions either do not work properly or are inoperative. This problem has been persisting since the day the Institution no. 8 was opened. Almost always when prisoners are having meetings in the investigation rooms in the Institution no. 8, the doors of the rooms are open. Visitors prefer to open the doors because of the cold inside and the lack of air in wintertime (only the corridor is heated) and the heat in summertime. In summertime, it is even more unbearable to stay in the investigation rooms. It should be noted that open doors during the visits in the investigation rooms raise a concern about confidentiality of the conversation. In particular, with open doors, the conversation can be overheard by those in the next room and by the prison staff who are on duty and are constantly moving around in the corridor. It is for this reason that some prisoners refuse to discuss confidential issues, especially if there are surveillance cameras installed in the room. Hence, the prisoners feel pressured and are unwilling to speak up. 2.4.1.3.  WOMEN’S INSTITUTION NO. 5 The penitentiary institution no. 5 is designed for female prisoners. The windows in the cells would not open to the full and the artificial ventilation system operates defectively. For this reason, it is hot in the cells in summertime and the prison administration deals with the problem by temporarily removing the windows in the residential cells. When winter sets in, the windows get re-installed. The Imprisonment Code allows every prisoner to maintain systematic contact with their families and close relatives by means of visits. Visits are helpful for the prisoners to resocialize and reintegrate into the society. Presently, the institution has 16 half-isolated areas for visits. Each area is separated with a partition. For years, prisoners had to meet with their visitors over the glass 60 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA