Hepatitis C in the penitentiary facilities so that the inmates have an access to an antiviral treatment based on the medical evidence. TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA AND THE MINISTER OF LABOUR, HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF GEROGIA: • To ensure the treatment of the foreign citizens and stateless persons placed in the penitentiary institutions with sofosbuvir based on the medical need. 2.6. SPECIAL CATEGORIES 2.6.1. JUVENILE PRISONERS During the reporting period, the Special Preventive Group and the Child’s Rights Centre of the Public Defender were constantly studying the legal status of the accused/convicted juveniles. According to Article 79 para 1 of the Juvenile Justice Code, an accused minor under pre-trial detention, shall be placed in the juvenile section of a detention facility, and a convicted minor who has been sentenced to imprisonment shall be placed in a juvenile rehabilitation facility. Services in detention and prison facilities where accused or convicted minors are placed shall meet the requirements for the health care of minors and shall respect the dignity of minors. It is noted in the commentaries to rule N19 of the Beijing Rules that during the placement of the juvenile prisoners, priority should be given to “open” over “closed” institutions. Furthermore, any facility should be of a correctional or educational rather than of a prison type.194 A juvenile convict who has not reached the age of 18, must be placed in a rehabilitation institution for juveniles N11.195 Juvenile accused/convicts are also placed in the establishments N2 and N8 of the penitentiary department. In January 2015, 80 prisoners were placed in the penitentiary system.196 Positively should be assessed the reduction of the number of prisoners at the end of 2015. At the end of December 2015, 35 prisoners were placed in the penitentiary system, out of which 15 were accused and 20 – convicted.197 194 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice , Rule N19, available at: http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r033.htm [Last Visited on 11.03.2016]. 195 Imprisonment Code, Article 68, Para 1. 196 33 accused and 43 convicts. 197 Statistics published on the web page of the Ministry of Corrections, Available at: http://moc.gov. ge/ka/saqarthvelos-sasjelaghsrulebisa-da-probaciis-saministros-sistemis-statistikis-2015-tslis-angarishi [Last Visited on 11.03.2016]. 128 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015