Tbilisi. The Public Defender released a statement. "The PDO (Public Defender’s Office) and a NPM (National Preventive Mechanism) carry out regular monitoring about human rights situations in the penitentiary institutions. ...At this time, I would like to comment on the dismissal of a head of the Department of Corrections and inform the society about my position. I consider that the dismissal of the head of Department of Corrections and an appointment of a new head will not change an existing situation in the penitentiary system, since there still remain many problems and many questions are unanswered", says the statement.