There are 7 residential blocks at this establishment, with different number of cells – 279, 3, 480, 5, 681, 882, 1083 and 1284-place cells. In some cells, the space allocated per prisoner is not in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code.85 In the newly renovated residential block, in 12-place cell, where 11 prisoners were placed at the time of our visit, the cell area is 36.4 m2. The 4-place cells, in which 4 prisoners were placed the area of the room was 13.6 m2. In the old residential block in the 8- place cells, which housed 7 prisoners, the cell area was 26.7 m2 and 23.8 m2. The main residential block86 is old and in need of major repairs. The building for the inmates enrolled in maintenance service is in even worse conditions. This applies both to infrastructure problems, as well as to sanitary and hygienic conditions. Because of amortized infrastructure, it is impossible to maintain proper sanitation in the cells. Maintenance service prisoners’ cells have small windows,87 thus they have no proper lighting and are not aired.88 The corridor is dark, with the floors, walls and ceilings being in deteriorated conditions. The electrical networks need to be fixed in every cell of the main block, since the requisite safety standards are not protected. It should also be noted that in the old residential buildings some of the cell doors / windows had built-in fans. In cells with no fans, artificial ventilation was complicated. There is no ventilation system in the old residential buildings and the building for prisoners involved in maintenance service. In 4 cells on the third floor of the buildings there are no sanitary facilities. In case of placement of the prisoners in these cells there will be difficulties with use of the toilet at night, when the doors close. The cells of the old residential buildings do not have an individual sanitation knot, prisoners use the common toilets. The establishment has one 18-seater waiting (quarantine) cell, with an area of 41.7 m2. Even at the placement of 11 prisoners in this cell will violate the standard 4 square meter per prisoner requirement of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code. 79 The space of the 2-bed cells in the old residential block is 9.6 m2. 80 Space of the 4-bed cells in the new residential building was 13.6 m2. 81 The space of the 6-place cells in the new residential buildings is 17.5 m2, however in the view of protection of 4 m2 per prisoner requirement, the number of actual inmates was less than 6. 82 In the old residential building approximately 25.6 m2/26 m2/18.5m2/28m2, as for the new building, the 8-place cell space is 19.8 m2, however in the view of protection of 4 m2 per prisoner requirement, the number of actual inmates in all cells was less than designed for. 83 In the old building the space of the 10-place cell was 24.7 m2, but it was inhabited by 4-5 prisoners. 84 Space of the 12-bed cells in the new residential building is 36.4 მ2. 85 According to paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code: „the living space norm in any type of penitentiary institution shall not be less than 4 square meters per prisoner”. 86 Where there administration rooms are also situated. 87 N9 window – 0.47cmX0.36cm, N7 cell window – 0.65cm X 0.94cm, N11 cell window – 0.67cm X 0.70cm, N12 cell window – 0,78cm X 0.42, N3 and N8 cell windows – 1.02 cmX1.04cm. 88 N7, N9, N11, N12, N3 and N8 cells. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 65