on charges. When a person is arrested on charges, the police officer shall describe the physical condition of the detainee (bodily injuries) at the time of the arrest, in a special graph. Although in the above 13 cases, the detainees had injuries when they were placed in the isolator, it was indicated in the relevant graph that they did not have any injury. Accordingly, in the above 13 cases, it is unlikely that the persons, who filled in the form, could not notice visible injuries. There is a more firm presumption that the persons were subjected to ill-treatment after arrest, before being placed in the isolator. The Special Preventive Group pays particular attention to the cases when the detainees brought to the temporary detention facility have injuries in their face, while police officers indicate in the detention document that the detainees have no injuries. Out of 449 cases studied by the Special Preventive Group in 2019, 13 similar cases have been detected.214 There were also 44 cases,215 in which, unlike the documents available in the isolators, the detention document did not contain any indication of facial injury. Clearly, if a detainee had injuries in his face during arrest, police officers should have noticed the above and describe it in the relevant document. As for the forms of physical violence committed by police officers against detainees, the interviews held as part of the monitoring in 2019 and the examination of suspicious cases in the isolators revealed tight handcuffing and hitting-kicking as the most frequently used practices. In view of all the above, the Public Defender and the Special Preventive Group believe that the situation of treatment of detainees by police has not changed significantly in 2019 compared to 2018, although it should be noted that, like 2017 and 2018, the worsening tendency of treatment of persons under administrative detention was maintained in 2019 as well. In addition, the data processed by the Special Preventive Group and the interviews with detainees indicate that the use of excessive force during detention, physical and psychological violence after detention, as well as incomplete documentation of bodily injuries and use of force remain to be unresolved challenges. Thus, the Public Defender and the Special Preventive Group believe that it is especially important to establish strict control over the actions of police officers and increase their accountability. It is essential that a clear message be sent by senior officials to police officers that human rights violations will not go unpunished. 3.4. Safeguards against torture and ill-treatment Georgian legislation provides the detainees with minimum safeguards, such as: the right to receive information about the reasons for the detention, as well as about procedural rights, in a language they understand; the right to have a legal representative; access to medical care; the right to inform family 214 In 9 of these 13 cases, the persons were under administrative detention, while 4 were arrested on criminal charges. 215 In these 44 cases, the persons were under administrative detention. 81