restriction proposed by the draft law is disproportionate in relation to the aim sought by the author of the draft law. 3.7.6. THE MEANS OF MASS MEDIA In the Opinion of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the possibility of prisoners to be able to listen to radio and watch television should not be deemed to be a privilege but instead should be a right for all prisoners.253 An remand/convicted person may have access to the press and other mass media. As a rule, radio and TV programmes are broadcast in a detention/prison facility.254 Access to the means of mass media has particular importance for maintaining contact with the outside world. It is similarly important that a prisoner had information about the social events outside a penitentiary establishment. During the monitoring visits made to penitentiary establishments, prisoners mention to the members of the Special Preventive Group that they do not have access to some of the top-rated Georgian channels. Besides, representatives of ethnic minorities cannot listen to the TV programmes in the language that is understandable to them. As regards the press, according to the analysis of the official information received from penitentiary establishments, establishments nos. 7, 9, 12, and 14 are not at all provided with newspapers and magazines. There are mostly church magazines available in establishments and establishment no. 3 only received newspaper Batumelebi. However, this newspaper is not published anymore. It should be noted that there are newspapers available in Azerbaijani and Armenian in establishments nos. 8, 11, 17, 18, and 19. There is a newspaper in Azerbaijani available in establishment no. 6 and a newspaper in Turkish in establishment no. 5. It is imperative that newspapers and magazines provided in establishments are diverse and available in various languages so that all prisoners could read them. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA: • To ensure that, when deciding about placement of a convict in a penitentiary establishment, the place of residence of his/her family should be taken into account for facilitating the unimpeded exercise of the right to visits; • To ensure short visits without window partitions; • To ensure requisite infrastructure for long terms in all penitentiary establishments; 253 Available at :< http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/geo/2015-42-inf-eng.pdf> [Last visited on 20 January 2017]. 254 Imprisonment Code, Article 20.1. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2016 117