Compared to previous years, the physical environment and sanitation/hygiene have improved in a number of penitentiary institutions. However, the conditions existing in the penitentiary institutions still need to be improved and be brought in line with the international standards. The State must, despite the existing difficulties, timely eradicate the shortcomings and create proper conditions for prisoners. 2.4.1.1.  PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION NO. 7 The living conditions at the Institution no. 7 are unfavorable. The Public Defender has been addressing the Minister of Corrections with a number of recommendations on this matter.86 The problems in the Institution No. 7 are described in detail in the Public Defender’s 2013 Report to the Parliament of Georgia. A majority of these substantive problems remain unresolved. There are 25 cells in the Institution No. 7. Twelve of these cells are designed for two prisoners, five for four prisoners and the remaining eight cells are meant for eight prisoners each. In total, the institution has places for 108 prisoners. Cells for two are about 7 square meters each, cells for four are nine square meters and cells for eight are 14.5 square meters. Each prisoner is allocated 3.5 square meters in a cell for two, 2.25 square meters in a cell for four and 1.8 square meters in a cell for eight. By 25 March 2015, in cells for eight people, there were seven prisoners in cells no. 9 and no. 25, six prisoners in cell no. 7, five prisoners in cell no. 2 and four prisoners in cell no. 16. As regards cells for four people, there were four prisoners in cells no. 10 and no. 17 and three prisoners in cell no. 24. As for the cells for two people, there were two prisoners in cells no. 12 and no. 19. Fifteen prisoners were accommodated in single cells each. According to our monitoring results, it follows that, in cells no. 9 and no. 25 with 7 prisoners, each person gets a space of about 2 square meters, which is a violation of a standard under the Imprisonment Code.87 In regard to cells no. 7, no. 2 and no. 16 housing six, five and four prisoners respectively, each prisoner gets an area between 2,4 square meters and 3,6 square meters. In cells no. 10 and no. 17 where four prisoners are accommodated as well as in the cell no. 25 with 3 prisoners inside, the area allocated to each prisoner is between 2,25 square meters and 3 square meters. It should be noted that, in doing the above calculation, we did not subtract the toilet space and the area occupied by beds and chairs. Toilet areas vary from 0.4 (0,63 x 0,69) square meters to 0,5 (0,62X0,78) square meters. Each bed occupies 1.3 square 86 87 30/07/2013 N03-3/513; 16/12/2013 N894/03-5; 19/02/2014 N03/458. Under Article 15(2) of the Imprisonment Code, the floor area per each convicted prisoner in all types of places of deprivation of liberty should not be less than 4 square meters. Under paragraph 3 of the same Article 15, a residential area per prisoner in a remand facility should not be less than 3 square meters. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 55