possible, the work provided shall be such as will maintain or increase prisoners’ ability to earn a living after release.138 Prisoner employement data for 3 years 2012 2013 2014 102 prisoners 506 prisoners 804 prisoners As the above table shows, in 2013 and 2014, the number of employed prisoners has drastically increased compared to the year of 2012. We welcome this fact and believe this positive trend must continue. Institutions no. 11 (juveniles’ institution) and no. 18 (medical facility) were not employing prisoners during the year, due to the special profiles of these institutions. Statistical data of prisoner employment according to institutions in 2014 are shown in the below table: Institutions #2 #3 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #12 #14 #15 #17 #19 Total Number of employed prisoners 112 28 31 51 4 192 10 37 99 68 138 34 804 Prisoners employed at penitentiary institutions were cleaning, washing, doing laundry, distributing food and products and performing other tasks, for which they were receiving salaries. RECOMMENDATION TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS: •• Develop guidelines on the use of disciplinary punishment so that disciplinary sanctions are used uniformly at all penitentiary institutions •• Use disciplinary sanctions as a measure of last resort •• Develop and introduce in all the penitentiary institutions a logbook to register use of their rights by prisoners placed in solitary confinement cells (taking a shower, outdoor exercise, receipt of items of personal hygiene) •• Take all necessary measures to prevent placement of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement cells •• Take appropriate measures to ensure that prisoners in solitary confinement cells get visited by doctors in accordance with Article 88(6) of the Code of Imprisonment 138 Ibid. Rule 26.3 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 81