● In 2019, to amend the rules of documenting injuries of accused/convicted persons sustained as a result of alleged torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in penitentiary establishments, so that medical professionals describe, photograph and refer injuries to independent investigative authorities in each case when a medical professional has a suspicion that a prisoner could have been subjected to possible torture or other inhuman treatment, irrespective of the prisoner’s informed consent. Order and Security ● In 2019, ensure determining a maximum reasonable term of not exceeding 24 hours of placing in a de-escalation room to ensure joint multidisciplinary work of a psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, doctor and staff members of other units of the establishment towards risk reduction/elimination; ensure a safe environment in de-escalation rooms, including lining the walls and floors with soft material; and ● In 2019, through issuing a new sub-legislative act or amending the statutes of penitentiary establishments, determine the obligation of upholding the principle of proportionality during full body searches; lay down the obligation of offering an alternative method of full-body search (scanner) to differentiate full body search and cavity search; establish the respective procedures for each; ban requesting a prisoner to take off all of his/her clothes at the same time. Risk Assessment and Classification of Convicted Persons ● In 2019, ensure the amendment of Order no. 395 of the Minister of Justice of Georgia of 8 May 2019 Approving Types of a Convicted Person’s Risks, Risk Assessment Criteria, Procedure for Risk Assessment and Risk Reassessment, Terms and Procedure for Transferring A convicted Person to another Prison Facility of the Same or Other Type, Also the Procedure for Determining Activity and Authority of the Risk Assessment Team – to the end of o Determining the obligation of informing a convicted person by a penitentiary establishment about risk assessment criteria and procedures when brought to a penitentiary establishment and right before the process of risk assessment starts; o Determining the right of a convicted person to submit his/her position and opinion about the circumstances based on which risk is being assessed; and o Determining the obligation to review high-risk convicted persons at least once in 12 months. ● In 2019, take all the measures to ensure that, through amending the statute of penitentiary establishment no. 16, the duty of convicted persons to clean corridors, staircases and other places of common use is abolished. Placing Prisoners Separately for Security Reasons 46