In 2015, in the Parliamentary Report, the Public Defender recommended to the Minister of Corrections to ensure adequate ventilation in the accommodation cells in penitentiary establishments nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, and 17; to ensure instalment of central ventilation system in the investigative rooms in penitentiary establishments nos. 5, and 8; and to ensure adequate natural and artificial ventilation in confinement, quarantine, investigative and showers rooms at penitentiary establishments nos. 2, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15, and 17. The aforementioned recommendations have not been fulfilled. 3.5.4. SANITATION AND HYGIENE CONDITIONS In accordance with the Imprisonment Code, the premises allocated to an remand/convicted person shall comply with hygiene and sanitary norms established by a joint order of the minister and the Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia, and shall ensure the preservation of the health of an remand/convicted person.120 The sanitation and hygiene conditions of both solitary confinement and quarantine cells, as well as shower rooms, in establishments nos. 2, 8, 15121, and 17 are unsatisfactory. There is dampness in the majority of cells in establishment no. 2. The nightstands in some accommodation cells (on the ground floor of building C) are corroded. Inmates have to keep their clothes, personal items and kitchen utensils in the said conditions. There are insects in some cells in establishments nos. 2, and 8. The sanitation and hygiene conditions in the solitary confinement cell of establishment no. 3, accommodation cells of establishment no. 5 (detention facility), establishments nos. 7, 12, and 14 (closed type building) are unsatisfactory. The accommodation cells in establishment no. 12 are outdated and need repairs. The sanitation and hygiene conditions in corridors and staircases of the accommodation building of establishment no. 15 are unsatisfactory. There are cigarette boxes, cigarette butts and other waste scattered around the corridors and staircases. In the Parliamentary Report of 2015, the Public Defender recommended to the Minister of Corrections to ensure that sanitation and hygiene standards are complied with in the de-escalation rooms of establishment no. 8 and to take measures to ensure hygiene in the corridors and staircases of the accommodation building of establishment no. 15. Out of the said recommendations, the one concerning the de-escalation rooms in establishment no. 8 has been fulfilled. Sinks in some of the cells in establishment no. 6 are blocked. Water flushing tanks are not there in toilets. Sewers in some of the cells of detention facility in establishment no. 5 are out of order causing water to back-up. 120 Article 15.1 of the Imprisonment Code. 121 The recommendation concerning isolation of WC of solitary and quarantine cells in establishment no. 15 was also made in the Parliamentary Report of 2015. It seems, however, that the recommendation has not been fulfilled. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2016 71