The accommodation building for those prisoners involved in economic services has been completely repaired; shower rooms and dining-room have been set up. The premises of establishment no. 14 have been equipped with modern electronic surveillance systems and new rooms for electronic surveillance have been set up. Construction works on public reception rooms have been completed. Presently, equipment and amenities services on the building and yard are underway; medical room located on the premises of the establishment has been completely repaired; construction work on bread bakery on the premises of the establishment has been completed; administrative building has been refurbished, among them, the rooms of external security service have been repaired. The bread bakery in establishment no. 16 has been refurbished and it is already functional. Medical rooms have been arranged according to the relevant standards; construction works on a gym on the establishment premises have been completed; there is infrastructure for culinary courses in the dining room; and shower rooms have been repaired. Dining room project documentation has been drafted for establishment no. 17; complete overhaul works on the dining room are underway; medical rooms have been refurbished; the additional security barrier around the premises of the establishment; and the socalled ‘buffer zone’, has been arranged. Accommodation rooms for those prisoners involved in economic services have been completely repaired in establishment no. 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 Public Defender welcomes the overhaul of infrastructure and repairs of accommodation facilities in penitentiary establishments in 2016. It is noteworthy that in comparison to the previous years, the physical environment, sanitation and hygiene conditions in a number of penitentiary establishments have been improved. However, the conditions existing in penitentiary establishments still require considerable improvement and needs to be brought closer to international standards. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA: • To shut down establishment no. 7; • To ensure 4m² of living space is provided per prisoner in a multiple-occupancy cell in establishments nos. 2, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, and 17; • To ensure in establishments nos. 2 and 8 that remand persons are isolated from convicted persons at least by separate living spaces; • To take all measures for abolishing barrack-type accommodation facilities in establishments nos. 14, and 17; NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2016 77