According to the information submitted by the Medical Department of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia, as of 31 December 2016, there were 9,334 prisoners (remand/ convicted persons) in the penitentiary system; there were 190 doctors (among them 15 senior doctors) and 265 nurses employed in penitentiary establishments. It should be noted that the total number of medical personnel did not change significantly.285 The number of doctors and nurses employed in the penitentiary system is given in the table below: Establishment Doctor Nurse Person in Charge of Drugs Store 1. no. 2 Establishment 11 16 1 2. no. 3 Establishment 6 5 1 3. no. 5 Establishment 7 9 1 4. no. 6 Establishment 7 11 1 5. no. 7 Establishment 4 4 1 6. no. 8 Establishment 28 44 1 7. no. 9 Establishment 4 9 1 8. no. 11 Establishment 3 4 1 9. no. 12 Establishment 3 6 1 10. no. 14 Establishment 10 11 1 11. no. 15 Establishment 10 18 1 12. no. 16 Establishment 2 5 1 13. no. 17 Establishment 10 19 1 N In 2016, the correlation, according to penitentiary establishments, of the number of prisoners and number of doctors and nurses employed as staff members in penitentiary establishments is given in the table below:286 Establishment Correlation of the Number of Prisoners286 and Doctors Correlation of the Number of Prisoners and Nurses 1 no. 2 Establishment 106 73 2 no. 3 Establishment 7 7 3 no. 5 Establishment 35 27 4 no. 6 Establishment 30 19 5 no. 7 Establishment 4 4 No. 285 In 2015, 191 doctors (among them 15 senior doctors) and 261 nurses were employed in penitentiary establishments. 286 The correlation given in the table is calculated according to the number of prisoners (remand/convicted persons) in penitentiary establishments as of December 2016. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2016 133