No. 8 2 370 20 6 1 26 No. 9 39 1 1 1 3 No.11 16 5 2 1 8177 No.12 280 3 1 1 5 No.14 1 152 11 1 1 13178 No.15 1 706 13 1 1 15 No.17 1 922 11 2 1 14 No.18 103 3 1 1 5 No.19 101 4 1 1 6 As it is shown from the data in the above table, only two psychologists deal with 1,218 prisoners in establishment no. 2, and two psychologists deal with 1,922 prisoners in establishment no. 17. Only one psychologist works with 1,152 prisoners in establishment no. 14, and 1,706 prisoners in establishment no. 15. Six psychologists work with 2,370 in establishment no. 8, which means one psychologist has to deal with approximately 400 prisoners. 177178 It should be noted that apart from individual meetings with prisoners, psychologists prepare character references for prisoners within the early conditional release procedure, take part in the planning and implementing of rehabilitation activities. Furthermore, they are involved in the suicide prevention programme and have to draft the requisite psychological conclusions within this programme. Some of the psychologists have been regretfully observing that they do not have the requisite resources for psychotherapeutic work. As regards the employees of social units, while their number in social units exceeds that of psychologists, as monitoring shows, they also face hard working conditions. There is a high demand for social workers among prisoners. In addition, according to some of the prisoners, social workers are unable to perform their duties adequately. It is the assessment of the Special Preventive Group that it is imperative to enhance qualifications of both psychologists and social workers, as well as to ensure the presence of requisite number of psychologists and social workers and creation of adequate working conditions for them. The psychologists working in penitentiary establishments do not have adequate space where they would be able to work with a convict in a peaceful, therapeutic environment. This problem is especially acute in establishments nos. 2, and 3. The psychologist at establishment no. 2 has to work in a social unit, the library and the meeting room for lawyers. In some of the establishments, psychologists do not have a logbook to register the applications and the number of single psycho-diagnostic consultations. According to the explanation given by the psychologists, they attempt to conduct psycho-corrective work with 177 Apart from the staff given in the table, two employees of the social service (a psychologist and a social work) were on maternal leave. 178 There is a vacancy for a social worker in establishment no. 14. 90 HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS