Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Severe overcrowding; very poor conditions. Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) • • Financial resources allocated have drastically increased and considerable refurbishment programmes are underway, funded from the State budget Some prison facilities underwent substantial reconstruction (Rustavi Prison No. 2); no overcrowding in Tbilisi Prison No. 7; other works in several institutions, including women and juveniles cells; Rustavi Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation applied sentences for the last five years • In 2007 and 2008 Penal Reform International, with support from the European Union, together with the Probation Service, held a number of meetings to discuss a new probation law; these meetings showed that probation is widely misunderstood, and that chronic under-resourcing has had the effect of discrediting this institution in the eyes of the police, courts and prosecutors. It is for this reason that constructive alternatives to imprisonment are underused; limited pilots in two locations have started in cooperation with international organizations and the government, including risk and needs assessment/sentence planning tools and provision of qualified social work teams serving juvenile probationers Government 2008: The official capacity of the prisons as of 26 January 2009 has been determined by Decree No. 24 of the Minister of Justice of Georgia (see appendix 2, table 1). • The following penitentiary institutions have been constructed and renovated in 2008: • In March, renovation works on buildings were completed in Geguti No. 8 institution. As a result, the A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 33 Confinement in detention not exceed the official capacity (l); Existing institutions be refurbished to meet basic minimum standards (m); and New remand centres be built with sufficient accommodation for the anticipated population Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)