The Public Defender approached the Ministry of Corrections with the recommendation to bring the drug storage of the establishment N12 in compliance with the Order N575 of 24 September 2014 of the Government of Georgia. According to the letter of the director of the establishment N12,160 new storage was arranged on the territory of the medical unit. In 2014, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Corrections, to bring the prison medical units in line with the applicable standards. According to the response from the Medical Department, a list of all the inventory and equipment, which is out of order in all institutions was created together with indications as to whether they are in need of repair and / or the purchase of new ones and the demand was issued to acquire them. Equipment / apparatus is already purchased and they will be supplied to all medical units gradually. Although new medical equipment is a positive development, the problems that are still unsolved should also be noted, in particular, the disorganized ventilation systems and the absence of antistatic linoleum. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS: • Reconsider the decision on the installation of surveillance cameras in all psychiatry wards, in order to protect patients’ privacy. • Make the medical units of penitentiary establishments compatible with the standards applicable in the whole country, including by properly equipping these medical units and controlling the quality of their medical equipment, organizing the ventilation systems in good order and laying antistatic linoleum on the floors 2.5.3. ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICINE Timely access to appropriate medications is a key to achieving success in treatment. According to Article 24 of the Code of Imprisonment, accused and convicted persons have the right to be provided with the needed healthcare services. Where necessary, accused and convicted persons should have access to medications and items permitted in places of imprisonment/deprivation of liberty. Upon request, accused and convicted persons have the right to buy, on their own money, medications that are more expensive than the establishment-procured drugs or have properties similar to establishment-procured drugs. 160 Response N616/16 of the Director of the establishment N12 received by Public Defender on 18 January 2016. 94 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015