Statement of NGOs over the death of a prisoner in Geguti Prison
Tbilisi. Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Transparency International – Georgia, Georgian Democratic Initiative (GDI), Article 42 of the Constitution, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) released a statement over the death of a prisoner in Geguti Prison. "The investigating authorities have uncovered that a prison officer instructed allegedly criminally influential prisoners to exert illegal influence over an inmate (later resulting in beating and subsequent death of the prisoner), which is alarming", says the statement.
NGOs urge the Georgian authorities to "improve applicable legislation in a way that would decrease the risks of unofficial administration and supervision in prisons to minimum, and to reinforce internal monitoring system within the penitentiary establishments that would allow the MCLA to detect and intercept any such acts".
Source:gyla.ge
