the standard on nutrition and sanitary-hygienic conditions of children under the age of 3 is being developed for the first time in Georgia. The above standard will be approved in the nearest future. It is important to involve the mothers placed with their children in various programmes and events. Due to the fact that in case of need they cannot leave the child with anyone, the problem arises in case of their participation or deterioration of their state of health. It is of utmost importance to ensure the maximum contact of the female prisoners with the outside world. Positively should be assessed the creation of the relevant infrastructure for the long term visits in the institution N5. According to the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the prison administration must acknowledge that women prisoners representing various religions and cultures have specific needs. 216 Prison administration should ensure the availability of those programames and services that meet their special needs. A process of the development of such programmes must be designed in a participatory manner with an active participation of the interested groups. The prison environment should be comfortable rather than disturbing for the female prisoners. The prison might cause discomfort in general but the environment should not violate religious or other beliefs or restrict them beyond reasonable limits. It must be kept in mind that women prisoners do not have only gender-specific needs and therefore, authorities must consider all individual specifics, which require special treatment of the female prisoners. When it comestowomen prisonerswho are foreign citizensthe rightto communication with relevant consular representatives and exercise their religious beliefs are of particular importance. Issues related to the conditions of LBT prisoners deserves special attention. It is worth noting that the situation of the female LBT prisoners is strikingly different from that of the male GBT prisoners. One of the key differences is related to the practice of their placement and acceptance by the other inmates. GBT prisoners are placed separately and other inmates have restricted communications with them, while in the institution for the female inmates, there is no separation as there are no security and safety threats, which would require such intervention. It should be noted that neither the prison administration nor the inmates speak of any conflicts occurring on the grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation, or of any cases involving discrimination or inappropriate treatment. In fact, the prison administration 216 The UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), Rule 54. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 139