Inmate, Policeman Injured in Prison Riot

One prisoner and one law enforcer were wounded as a result of a clash between inmates and police in a prison in Rustavi, near Tbilisi, on January 30.

Officials say that the inmates tried to stage a riot after the police unit of the Penitentiary Department of the Justice Ministry, started carrying out a search in the prison cells.

“As a result of the clash, one prisoner was slightly injured, while one employee of the special troops was wounded in his head,” Spokesperson for the Penitentiary Department Salome Makhradze told Civil Georgia. 

Meanwhile, relatives of the inmates staged a rally outside the prison, protesting against “police brutality” in the prisons and claiming that the prisoners were brutally beaten-up.