CPT _2010_ 82 - EN - Report Armenia 2010 _2_ - The Government ...

- 39 -83. In the CPT’s view, the combination of the above-mentioned negative factors at NubarashenPrison could well be considered as amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment. The CPT callsupon the Armenian authorities to set the following as short-term objectives at NubarashenPrison:i) to ensure that every prisoner has his own bed;ii)iii)iv)to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity;to improve the water supply;to refurbish the shower facilities and ensure access to a shower at least once aweek;v) to provide all inmates with at least one hour of outdoor exercise every day,including at week-ends;and the following as medium-term objectives:i) to decrease the overcrowding, the objective being to offer a minimum of 4 m² ofliving space per prisoner in multi-occupancy cells;ii)vi)to renovate the prisoner accommodation and to improve ventilation andhygiene in the cells;to offer organised out-of-cell activities (work, recreation/association, education,sport) to all categories of prisoner.The CPT also invites the Armenian authorities to increase, in the medium term, thefrequency of showers for inmates, in the light of Rule 19.4 of the European Prison Rules. 5684. In the course of the visit, the delegation was informed that Nubarashen Prison should beclosed down once the construction of a new prison in Yerevan has been completed (seeparagraph 61). The CPT would like to receive more details of these plans.56Rule 19.4 of the European Prison Rules states: “Adequate facilities shall be provided so that every prisonermay have a bath or shower, at a temperature suitable to the climate, if possible daily but at least twice a week(or more frequently if necessary) in the interest of general hygiene”.