Tbilisi. The working group consisting of NGO and state representatives and independent experts has presented the recommendations for improving the penitentiary legislation. The meeting has particularly focused on increasing the inmates' access to healthcare, introducing longer visits, and improving the mechanisms of legal services and identification of inhumane treatment. Article 42 of the Constitution has formed the working group in September, after the prison scandal. The working group includes Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, international organization "Penal Reform International", Human Rights Protection Center, EC Delegation and the Ministry of Corrections and Probation of Georgia. EWMI G-PAC has funded this project of Article 42 of the Constitution as part of the Open Grant Project.

Source: ewmi-gpac.org