CONTENTS
1. THE MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM........................ 5
2. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE
MECHANISM.................................................................................................... 6
2.1. PREVENTIVE VISITS................................................................................... 6
2.2. COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS.............................................. 7
2.3. WORKING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING OF THE NPM STAFF......... 11
3. SITUATION IN THE PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS...................................... 13
3.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW............................................................................... 13
3.2. SITUATION IN PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN TERMS OF
PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT................................. 23
3.3 ORDER AND SECURITY IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF DETENTION
AND DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY.............................................................. 31
3.4. PERSONNEL: WORKING CONDITIONS, TRAINING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY..................................................................................... 60
3.5. PRISON CONDITIONS............................................................................... 67
3.6. REGIME, DISCIPLINARY RESPONSIBILITY AND INCENTIVES................. 95
3.7. CONTACTS WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD................................................ 107
3.8. THE MECHANISM FOR CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS/
COMPLAINTS IN THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA................ 119
3.9. PENITENTIARY HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM................................................... 125
3.10. SPECIAL CATEGORIES............................................................................. 157
4. THE SITUATION IN AGENCIES UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL
AFFAIRS............................................................................................................. 181
4.1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................ 181
4.2. GENERAL OVERVIEW............................................................................... 182
4.3. SITUATION IN TERMS OF PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND OTHER
ILL-TREATMENT........................................................................................ 185
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