26 January 2009 has been determined by Decree No. 24 of the Minister of Justice of Georgia (see appendix 2, table 1); The Medical Monitoring Unit of the General Inspection supervises the activities of the medical services of penitentiary establishments, as well as the conditions of detention and leads actions aimed at combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other illnesses; Employment and educational programs have been gradually introduced , libraries improved; and Pre-trial and convicted prisoners be strictly separated (k) In accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, establish a truly independent monitoring mechanism (o); Several cases where they were not separated penitentiary establishments (primary healthcare units have been set up and equipped with modern equipment including dentist cabinets in all 16 penitentiary establishments; 2 modern hospitals within the penitentiary system provide medical treatment to convicts). Furthermore, a healthcare strategy for the Penitentiary System is being developed. MCLA is working on new educational programmes for both juvenile and adult inmates. A general education curriculum was elaborated for juvenile inmates by the Ministry of Education and Science. In 2009, three inmates successfully passed the National Unified Entry Exams and were enrolled in higher educational institutions. Vocational programmes such as language and computer classes continue to take place at penitentiary institutions. Article 19 of the Law on Imprisonment establishes different types of regimes in the same penitentiary facility, but requires strict separation of the various categories. 2005: accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT); In summer 2006 monitoring councils for psychiatric hospitals and orphanages were set up under the Public Defender’s office; 73 Article 93 of the Law on Imprisonment refers to Local Monitoring Commissions Government: The 1996 Organic Law of the Public Defender of Georgia was amended by Parliament on 16 July 2009 and now provides for the following: (1) A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 In December 2008, the Ministry of Justice presented a draft proposal regarding the designation of the Public Defender of Georgia as national preventive mechanism (NPM) in accordance with OPCAT; Non-governmental sources: There are no independent monitoring systems in place. The Local Monitoring Commissions cannot be considered independent since their members are recruited and appointed by the Ministry of Justice. Several NGOs have been deprived of the possibility to have their representatives in these commissions.