Surveillance cameras are installed in the exercise yards. The yards are not roofed. The sewerage system does not work properly. On the first floor of the residential building there are 4 shower rooms one of which is dysfunctional. Another one was under repair at the time of monitoring. There are 80 showers separated from each other with partitions. The shower rooms are not ventilated either naturally or artificially. Sanitation and hygiene in the shower rooms are unsatisfactory. Repair is needed in the shower rooms. In the closed-type building there are 2 shower rooms, which are not isolated. Prisoners can take a shower twice a week. On the first floor of the administrative building there are two investigation rooms. These rooms are used for meeting with prisoners not only by representatives of investigative authorities but also by lawyers, priests and representatives of international organizations and the Public Defender’s Office – persons whose conversation with the prisoners is confidential under law. Surveillance cameras are installed in all of the investigation rooms. A majority of the prisoners believe their conversations are audioand video-taped by the surveillance cameras. This makes the prisoners feel pressured and unwilling to speak up. The investigation rooms are not artificially ventilated. Each room has one PVC window which provides adequate natural ventilation. The investigation rooms are equipped with a central heating system. Both natural and artificial lights are sufficient. 2.4.1.12.  PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION NO.2 The floor area allocated to each prisoner in the residential cells is less than 4 square meters. The natural and artificial lighting in the cells is satisfactory. A central heating system is functional. The ventilation system operates with defects. An extractor fan in the toilet is operational. There are bunk beds in the cells. A sanitation and hygiene compartment is separated in the cells. Women prisoners are not provided with items of personal hygiene. The quarantine division has 8 cells and a shower room. A central heating system is functional. Artificial ventilation is insufficient. Conditions in the cells are satisfactory, in general. However, each prisoner gets less than 4 square meters of personal space. The natural and artificial lighting in the cells is satisfactory. The cells have bunk beds, individual cabinets, tables and chairs. A sanitation and hygiene compartment is separated in the cells. Living conditions in the solitary confinement cells, except those in Building D, are unsatisfactory. The solitary confinement cells located in Building D are used only for prisoners from the same building. 66 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA