and the air and sunlight actually cannot reach the cells through these windows. The ventilation system does not provide enough fresh air, and there’s explicit lack of natural light in the cells. Prisoners of the establishment N7 complained about the location and arrangement of the yard. The yards are small and located in a place where the air is not actually moving. Monitoring showed that the walking space is about 13 square meters (4.2X3.1). There are four of such spaces in the facility. Walking spaces are surrounded by the walls about three meters high and covered with metal bars and nets. Because of this, and considering that the area is situated between the buildings, sunlight and fresh air cannot reach these yards properly. In addition, it should be noted that the facility N7 is special risk prison facility and its prisoners enjoy the right to walk one hour a day in the fresh air. Some of the prisoners who serve their sentences in the facility have the experience of chronical pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis in the past. In such conditions of life, their health conditions are aggravated and the risk of disease recurrence is increased. Cell toilets of the establishment N7 are too small, there is no ventilation system and the flushing tanks are not installed. Although the toilet is isolated from the rest of the space of the cell, the open space remaining from above the door of the toilet, in the absence of the ventilation system guarantees the unpleasant smells to reach the cell. Toilet area is of ​​between 0.4 (0.63X0.69) square meters to 0.5 (0.62X0.78) square meters. The prisoners say that some of them, due to their physical traits, are not able to normally satisfy their natural needs due to the narrowness of the toilet. Prisoners often have to open the door of the toilet and satisfy their natural needs in such a humiliating conditions. It should be noted that the beds are located in front of the door of the toilet and solitude virtually is impossible. The establishment N7 does not have the infrastructure for long visits. Thus, the prisoners do not have the opportunity to enjoy a long date. In the 2014 Annual Report to the Parliament, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Corrections with the recommendation to close the establishment N7 due to the dire living conditions. According to the Ministry’s reply to the recommendation62 at this point the ministry cannot make a decision on the complete liquidation of the establishment, but in the near future, significant reduction of the number of the institution’s inhabitants is planned via distribution of the relevant inmates to the institutions of appropriate risk. Comprehensive rehabilitation of the establishment N7 is also planned, with the abolition of the first-floor and significant reduction of the limit of inhabitation 62 Letter N186/16 received by the Public Defender’s Office on 11 February 2016 60 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015