CoE-EU joint project report praises tangible progress for prison healthcare
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A report of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) joint project - Human Rights and Healthcare in Georgian Prisons and Penitentiary Facilities - has praised "tangible progress” made in better healthcare in the prison system.
The report said that a three-year plan has been elaborated within the project to ensure and control healthcare services in prisons.
95 percent of the heads of the medical institutions are being trained for healthcare management in prisons and they already enjoy modern vision and knowledge in this regard,” the Ministry of Corrections statement reads.
The Ministry says that the achievements in the framework of the project have been positively assessed both by the project leadership and the Georgian Public Defender’s office.
The latest, third report within the project covers the period between April 1, 2016 and October 31, 2017.
Georgia’s Acting Minister of Corrections Kakha Kakhishvili told Parliament that the Ministry of Corrections planned to build a new prison for young offenders aged 14-21 years, through the recommendation and support of the European Union (EU).
Experts from the Council of Europe (CoE) say the number of people who are ill or die in prison due to poor health has "significantly decreased” over the past three years thanks to efforts by the Government of Georgia.
Georgia has met all of its obligations outlined in the judgement of nine healthcare violations in Georgian prisons and taken necessary steps reduce the number of future violations, international officials said at a special Council of Europe meeting comprising of EU member states representatives.
About two dozen prisoners undergoing the free Hepatitis C program in Georgian jails have been cured of the disease.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has released a report about the 10-year trend in European prisons, which provides the findings about Georgian prisons between 2005 and 2015.
The statistics of 2008 read 445 inmates per 100,000 inhabitants in Georgia, while the figure was 252 per 100,000 in 2018. CoE says that the number of inmates in the Georgian prisons was increasing until 2012 [under the United National Movement], with 516 inmates per 1000,000 in 2012.