In the Parliamentary Reports of 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Public Defender recommended to the Minister of Corrections to designate a room in all penitentiary establishments, where the Public Defender/members of the Special Preventive Group would have a possibility to meet a prisoner at any time without eavesdropping and surveillance of any kind. The recommendation has not been fulfilled to date. In the Parliamentary Report of 2015, the Public Defender recommended to the Minister of Corrections to ensure improvement of infrastructure in penitentiary establishments. Concerning the Recommendations Determined by the Resolution of the Parliament of Georgia Adopted with Regard to the Report of the Public Defender of Georgia on Human Rights Situation in Georgia in 2015, the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia submitted detailed information about infrastructural projects implemented in penitentiary establishments in 2016 as follows: According to the information submitted by the Ministry, repairs have been carried out in penitentiary establishments nos. 3, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, and 19. The works on gratings, doors and windows and facade are underway in the main regime building of the Laituri penitentiary establishment, which is under construction. The cells located on the ground floor of penitentiary establishment no. 3 have been repaired; the bunk beds of remand and convicted persons have been reconstructed into one-level beds, which will eradicate the problem of overcrowding in the cells. The cells, shower rooms, and short visit rooms have been repaired in establishment no. 2; four de-escalation rooms have been provided; the evacuation staircases in the regime building D have been reconstructed; the additional security barrier around the premises of the establishment, the so-called ‘buffer zone’, have been set up; medical rooms have been repaired; and new dental rooms, x-ray room, sterilisation room, etc., have been arranged. New, completely refurbished rooms have been arranged for the convoy service located in the establishment. The new building for long-term visits started functioning in penitentiary establishment no. 5. Shower rooms, cells, medical rooms, the administrative building, etc., have been completely repaired; fitness rooms have been provided. Modern cells, including for disabled prisoners, shower rooms have been arranged in penitentiary establishment no. 6; a modern electronic surveillance system has been installed. A bread baking building has been set up in establishment no. 8; medical rooms have been refurbished according to the relevant standards, dental rooms, x-ray room, sterilisation room, etc., have been arranged. Works on providing infrastructure for long visits will begin in the near future. Shower rooms and medical rooms have been completely repaired in establishment no. 9; dental and sterilisation rooms have been arranged; the establishment’s pharmacy has been repaired; the parcels room has been repaired too and rooms for personal screening have been arranged at the entrance of the establishment. 76 HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS