According to a forensic medial report, the reason of G.F.’s death is a sharp swelling
of the brain with the brain string dislocated and stuck, which was caused by a blunt
trauma of the skull and brain.
Pursuant to information received from the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry
of Corrections,12 on 30 May 2013, prisoner G.F. was moved from the penitentiary
institution no. 2 to the penitentiary institution no. 14. The same day, he was
accommodated in cell no. 221 of the sixth regime building. On 28 June 2013, he was
moved into cell no. 334. The prisoner asked the prison administration to move him
into cell no. 322 because one of the inmates in that cell was he childhood friend. The
prison administration granted this request and on 20 January 2014 prisoner G.F. was
moved to cell no. 322. The reason of moving the prisoner to the institution no. 14 was
that he had been sentenced to imprisonment for 8 years, 7 months and 15 days by the
Kutaisi Court of Appeal.
Prisoner Sh.Sh. was transferred from Institution no. 6 to Institution no. 14 on 12
February 2014, on the basis of an order issued by the Chairman of the Penitentiary
Department, and was placed in the cell no. 338 the same day. He was moved to the
cell no. 322 on 14 February 2014.
Prisoner L.M was transferred from the Institution no. 6 to the Institution no. 14 on 12
February 2014, on the basis of an order issued by the Chairman of the Penitentiary
Department. The same day, he was placed in the cell no. 429. He was moved to the
cell no. 322 on 14 February 2014.
Prisoner G.S. was transferred from the Institution no. 6 to the Institution no. 14 on 27
February 2014, based on an order of the Chairman of the Penitentiary Department.
The same day he was placed in the cell no. 322 of the sixth building.
We would like to stress that it were the secret reports of the director of the Institution
no. 6 on which basis the orders to move prisoners Sh.Sh., L.M. and G.S. to the
Institution no. 14 were issued. The Penitentiary Department refused to furnish copies
of these reports to us under the pretext that they are classified as “secret” documents
and the Public Defender is not entitled to access such documents under the Law
on Criminal Intelligence Activities. We therefore remain unaware of the reasons of
moving prisoners Sh.Sh., L.M. and G.S. to the Institution no. 14.
In respect of this case, the Office of the Public Defender addressed the following
additional questions to the Chief Prosecution Office:
1. What investigative measures were conducted; how many officials of the
Penitentiary Department were interrogated;
2. Which of these investigative measures were conducted by the Investigation
Department of the Ministry of Corrections;
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Letter no. MCLA 1 14 00207345 dated 7 May 2014
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA
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