penitentiary institutions for adult male prisoners were discussed at the workshop and
then tested in the Prison N3.
In June, the study visit of the NPM was arranged for the purposes of sharing experience
with the Spanish colleagues. During the stay in Madrid, the NPM of Georgia was taken
by the Spanish colleagues to visit one of the police departments. From 10 to 16 August,
the NPM team visited Serbian colleagues. During the visit, meetings were held with
the representatives of the Ombudsman’s Office of Serbia, at the Ministry of Justice and
the Ministry of Health of Serbia. Visits were arranged at penitentiary, psychiatric and
social care institutions, as well as Zemun police department. The last two days were
dedicated to the workshop with the members of the National Preventive Mechanisms
of Serbia, Czech Republic, Macedonia and Poland.
During 2014 the five-day training on monitoring psychiatric institutions was held for
the NPM members on two occasions. The training was led by Mr. Mykola Gnatovski,
the CPT member and by Dr. Clive Meux, the CPT expert. In September, the “Democratic
Control of Armed Forces” (DCAF) held three-day training for the staff of the Department
of Prevention and Monitoring on the monitoring of the security sector. In addition, the
NPM members took part in the training on the monitoring of juvenile penitentiary
institutions organized by “Penal Reform International” (PRI).
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