Saba Skhvitaridze: The situation at strict-regime prison No. 6 is tense; one of the prisoners slit his wrists, and yesterday another prisoner was beaten near my cell; some have started a hunger strike, demanding the immediate dismissal of the staff members shown in the circulated footage!

"The situation at strict-regime prison No. 6 is tense—yesterday, a prisoner was beaten near my cell; I could hear the sounds of a scuffle and the beating," Saba Skhvitaridze, a member of the Coalition for Change, writes in a letter sent from prison and shared on his social media.

As noted in Skhvitaridze's letter, some prisoners have been transferred to another facility, while others have been moved to a de-escalation room.

"The situation at strict-regime prison No. 6 is tense. Prisoners are being provoked, and 10–12 years are being added to their sentences.

One of the prisoners slit his wrists.

Yesterday, a prisoner was beaten near my cell—I could hear the sounds of the conflict and the beating.

Some of the prisoners have been transferred to another prison; we do not know where they are. Others have been moved to the de-escalation room.

A number of prisoners have gone on a hunger strike—they are demanding the immediate dismissal of the staff members shown in the widely circulated footage!

They also demand that the Public Defender visit every hunger-striking prisoner!

We want this story to go public and for people to stand by us," writes Saba Skhvitaridze.