Conditions In Georgian Prisons 'Degrading'

A prison cell in Tbilisi (file photo) (InterPressNews)
PRAGUE, September 14, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Thousands of prisoners in Georgia live in "inhuman and degrading" conditions, a new report by Human Rights Watch asserts.

The 101-page report documents the conditions in which the majority of the country's 13,000 prisoners are being held.

The New York-based group says that many inmates are subjected to "severe beatings" and other forms of ill-treatment.