The Office of the Public Defender of Georgia has compared the dates of issuance of the positive decisions of releasing the prisoners due to the grave and incurrable diseases by the Joint Permanent Commission of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia and of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and the dates of deaths. The analysis demonstrated that the death in a number of cases was revealed in a month or moreover, in a few days after the decision of release was issued by the Commission. In many cases - on the second day from the release. The Public Defender of Georgia considers that the work of the Joint Permanent Commission of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia and of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia should be transparent as possible and its decision shoud be clearly substantiated. Despite the fact that the Commission uses its discretionary power while deciding upon the release of the prisoner and discusses the feasibility of serving the remaining sentence, its decisions should not leave the feeling of injustice and should not be perceived by the society as a measure for reducing the death rate/statistical data of the prisoners in the penitentiary system. 2.5.6.1. Management And Prevention Of Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases According to the data obtained from the Ministry of Corrections, in 2015, screening on tuberculosis was carried out in 58 208 cases (in 2014 – in 64 672 cases). 56 new and 72 recurrent cases of tuberculosis were revealed. In 2015, 38 prisoners were suffering from the multi-resistant tuberculosis (36 prisoners in 2014). 16 cases of the terminated treatment were revealed (18 cases in 2014). Positively should be assessed the referral of the patients to the public hospitals for the examination/treatment of the coexistent disease in 2015, while the same number in 2014 amounted to 10 which is a very low figure. The above data demonstrates that the progress in terms of tuberculosis control continues. In his Parliamentary Report of 2014, the Public Defender focused on the problems related to the infection control measures and treatment of its coexistent diseases in the establishment N19. Recommendation was issued on the above matter. According to the response received from the Ministry of Corrections, in accordance with the State Guideline Principles of TB control, for the proper management of infection control, it is necessary to provide disposable medical supplies continuously. The establishment is ensured with the respirators from the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Disposable gloves and masks are provided by the Ministry. In 2014, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Corrections with the recommendation to place the prisoners suffering from tuberculosis in the Tuberculosis Treat124 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015