The follow-up project built on the results of the EU/CoE Joint Programme on “Human right and healthcare in prisons and other closed institutions” that finished in February 2016. It assisted the Georgian authorities in expanding and consolidating the results achieved in the areas of provision of healthcare services (including mental health) in prisons and in police detention facilities in previous years as well as helped in addressing remaining challenges in the protection of human rights of people deprived of their liberty in prisons, police and other closed institutions. Under remaining challenges, the project attached particular importance to promote improved treatment of prisoners with mental health problems and people in psychiatric care as well as enhanced preventive measures against ill-treatment and strengthened oversight of places of detention, including psychiatric care.

Wide range of activities were envisaged, among others: provision of expertise, technical assistance in developing the regulatory and policy framework and design of management and monitoring tools, assessment visits and country-specific studies, development of training programmes, materials and publications and organisation of various learning and awareness raising events (training sessions, conferences, workshops, etc.) as well as peer-to-peer exchanges.

The project was implemented in close cooperation and partnership with the Ministry of Corrections, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, the Public Defender’s Office and the Ministry of Justice. It also included a wider group of stakeholders who contributed to the overall improvement of human rights situation and healthcare of people detained in Georgia, such as independent experts, human rights defenders and other civil society organisations, academia and international organisations.

It has been running until 31 August 2017. Its overall budget was 745,000 EUR funded by the European Union, co-funded by the Council of Europe, under the auspices of the EU/CoE Programmatic Co-operation Framework in the Eastern Partnership countries.

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Back Press release: Prisons Free of Suicide Cases

© Council of Europe Programme Office Tbilisi

© Council of Europe Programme Office Tbilisi

The Council of Europe and the European Union continue to support the further enhancement of skills of Georgian prison psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers in administering Suicide Prevention Programmed (SPP) in prisons. As a part of the support, on-site supervision of multidisciplinary teams of SPP has been launched in November 2016 and lasted till May 2017.

3 local CoE experts supervised the work of the multidisciplinary suicide prevention teams in the prior selected prisons. The supervision assesses the current situation in prisons, analyses how the trained prison staff implements the Suicide Prevention Programme, supports them and develops recommendations for further improvement.  

On July 15, at 1-day working group meeting the local experts as well as the members of the multidisciplinary teams discussed and shared opinions on the results and problematic areas identified during the administering of the SPP.

The introduction and implementation of the SPP is supported by the CoE since its launch in 2013. International experts were involved in the development of the programme, different corresponding documents were reviewed in light of the relevant CoE recommendations, other international standards and best practices.In addition, several meetings were held with all stakeholders sharing best practices and experience..  

Around 900 medical and non-medical staff members of prisons, as well as prison directors, deputy directors and chief doctors were trained so far using a programme and methodology specially designed for teaching suicide prevention protocol. The prison staff who underwent the training learnt more about suicide prevention activities and suicide management techniques and accordingly are equipped with the necessary skills to prevent suicide attempts in prisons to a possible extent and thus to contribute to the decrease in the number of suicide cases.

The supervision is a part of the Council of Europe and European Union Delegation support to improve the provision of mental health in Georgian prisons and other closed institutions. It was organised within the framework of the CoE/EU Partnership for Good Governance Project “Human Rights and Healthcare in prisons and Other Closed Institutions in Georgia II”.

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Tbilisi 15 July 2017
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