No.6 353 387 0 3 27 68 0 246 380 701 No.7 110 9 0 0 5 4 2 1 117 14 No.8 771 482 79 36 396 215 54 0 1300 733 No.9 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 6 9 No.11 1 2 3 0 40 22 0 0 44 24 No.12 2 2 1 1 9 5 0 2 12 10 No.14 2 10 6 0 105 181 0 0 113 191 No.15 42 6 2 0 214 162 0 4 258 172 No.16 0 0 0 0 15 24 0 0 15 24 No.17 56 15 3 4 168 216 3 2 230 237 No.18 172 128 0 0 30 0 0 28 202 156 No.19 57 28 4 0 21 32 15 4 97 64 Total 2120 1892 198 189 1490 1482 84 293 3892 3853 The above data shows that there was no significant change in the total number of bodily injuries identified in penitentiary establishments in 2016, in comparison to 2015. It is worth mentioning that in penitentiary establishments nos. 8 and 15, the number of bodily injuries has been decreased, which is a positive development. It is, however, noteworthy that there has been an increase in the number of bodily injuries (including those sustained from other persons) in establishment no. 2. Furthermore, in establishment no. 6, the origin of bodily injuries could not be identified in 246 cases. There was no such fact registered in 2015. The similar tendency is observed in medical unit no. 18 for remand and convicted persons (28 cases). Similar to the previous years, documenting bodily injuries found on the inmates at penitentiary establishments remains problematic in 2016. The Public Defender of Georgia gave recommendations to the Minister of Corrections of Georgia on numerous occasions to set out and introduce a new pattern for registering traumas in accordance with Istanbul Protocol, which would enable entering more detailed information on bodily injuries. There has been a positive development concerning the fulfilment of the above recommendations as Order no. 131 of the Minister of Corrections of Georgia, dated 26 October 2016 approved ‘The Procedure for Registering Injuries of Remand/Convicted Inmates at the Penitentiary Establishments of the Ministry of Corrections Sustained as the Result of Alleged Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment.’34 Under the new procedure, if during providing medical services, a health-care professional notices either physical injury or emotional change of any kind, and/or other circumstances which could raise suspicions in an objective observer concerning possible torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, medical personnel should make maximum effort to obtain information from the patient on the abovementioned. The same Order approved the new pattern for registering injuries allowing a health-care professional to indicate the location of injuries with the help of illustrations. The same Procedure also 34 In accordance with the Order, the procedure will be in force as of 1 April 2017. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2016 27