Tbilisi. The
representatives of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, the Georgian Center
for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) and the Penal Reform International
have visited the Rustavi Institution #16 on October 31. They met and talked
with the Director of the institution, prisoners placed in single cells,
convicts placed in the "A", "B" and "C"
buildings, as well as the family members of prisoners gathered at the entrance
of the institution."It is quiet in the institution, the
prisoners deny any attempts of chaos instigated by them. During the visit, two
prisoners placed in single cells, as well as few co-convicts from their cells
were on a hunger strike in the "A" building (...) Their key
demand concerns the dismissal of the Director and those old staff members that
practiced inhumane treatment of prisoners, as well as certain illegal
limitations imposed by the administration", - says the statement released by
the organizations.The
Statement.