in the establishment, to provide the punishment isolators with appropriate beds, to increase the number of refrigerators for keeping inmates’ food, to fill the vacant positions in the MSU, and to improve recreational activities, and the PS and MJ Head Medical Office have undertaken necessary measures accordingly. Unused beds have been removed from the dormitories, thus the place has become more spacious, the punishment isolators have been provided with appropriate beds, additional 10 refrigerators have been given to the establishment, and necessary measures have been undertaken to nominate a doctor to the vacant position of physician. Also the PS has informed that in order to improve inmates’ recreational activities, a TV set has been installed in the club of the establishment and the issue of creation of a separate TV room is under consideration. A new sport facility has been equipped with gears and finalization works are underway. Football, volleyball, chess, backgammon competitions are organized among inmates. In order to ensure artistic activities, amateur ensemble consisting of inmates, as well as reading and poetry clubs function, and radio, as well as a library possessing six thousand books are in use of the inmates. There are vocational courses teaching the professions of constructor and carpenter, as well as computer skills in the establishment. For the inmates engaged in individual labor activity, possibilities of the enlargement of the existing workshop are discussed. Another issue raising concern in PI No. 14, is that, as a result of violation of the environmental requirements, dust drifts (especially, during windy weather) from the quarry located in the vicinity of the establishment, which poses threat to the health of the establishment’s personnel and of the inmates, and the Commissioner has appealed to the MJ, as well as to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, and Garadagh Executive Power. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources investigated the case promptly on the site and during the monitoring of the quarry located in the vicinity of the establishment discovered that required re-cultivation works had not been fully implemented in the sites the exploitation of which had finalized, irrigation required for the elimination of dust emissions during operation was not done, the motor mechanisms of the wagons were not controlled accordingly, and as a result the dust drifted to the neighborhood. With regard to the abovementioned, an act was prepared in respect of the responsible companies and the managements of those companies were given compulsory assignments to eliminate the observed shortcomings within the given period of time and the implementation of the given assignments were kept under supervision. However, this issue has not been solved yet. The Commissioner calls the relevant bodies to consider the case seriously. At the same time the Commissioner suggests that the MJ keeps under control the investigation of the cases of self-injury by inmates. During the visit conducted to PI No. 15, it was discovered that the number of phone lines used by inmates, as well as the number of the showers in the bathing facility were not 25

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