Georgia, Tbilisi, May 14 / Trend , N.Kirtskhalia/
Georgian Public Defender appealed to the Minister of penitentiary, probation and legal aid Dimitry Shashkin demanding to improve conditions in prisons.
In March 2009, officials of the Ombudsman Office checked the Prison N1. Some 955 prisoners are kept in this prison, while it was designed for 750 people. There is no shower in the prison and prisoners take a shower using water heater installed in the toilet. Toilets in the cells were isolated by prisoners. Cell windows are closed with cellophanes.
Prisoners say that healthy and sick with tuberculosis are frequently kept in one cell. One of disciplinary punishment in the prison is confiscation of TV set and meeting room. There is not a punishment cell, quarantine room and laundry.
There is a library of 1,070 books. Most of the books are of the Russian language.
There are two investigation rooms, one of which is too small to have confidential discussions with lawyer.
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