2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE
steps have been taken to eliminate the shortcomings
identified during the follow-up inspection.
recommendations have been partially implemented and three ones have been left unimplemented.
Supplying the information on the implementation
of the recommendations issued during the followup inspection, Panevėžys CH has informed that
the institution has agreed with almost all of them
and taken active steps to eliminate the existing
shortcomings. The institution has expressed its
disagreement with one recommendation relating
to the provision of personal health care services
at the institution during night-time (the Seimas
Ombudsman had doubts about whether access to
personal health care services was ensured at night).
Therefore the Seimas Ombudsmen will continue
their cooperation with the head of Panevėžys CH
and representatives of the Prison Department for
the purpose of improving the convicts’ situation at
Panevėžys CH.
The follow-up visits at the above imprisonment
institutions have also assessed how the institutions
have complied with the recommendation issued by
the Seimas Ombudsman to the Police Department.
The follow-up visits to the imprisonment institutions
have stated that of the seven recommendations
provided to the Prison Department the imprisonment institutions have implemented three recommendations in full, one recommendation has been
implemented in part and three ones have not been
implemented yet. It is noteworthy that some of the
recommendations issued to the Police Department
have not been implemented for the reason that the
legal framework needs to be amended and additional funds for renovation of the premises should
be found. It should be stressed that the Prison
Department has undertaken to improve the legal
framework concerning placement in a disciplinary
remand cell, a punishment applied to minors. In
2016-2017, the Prison Department has also provided for state budget appropriations for the installation of ramps and the adaptation of the residential
premises of the imprisonment institutions for the
disabled, and has foreseen to initiate amendments
to the Penal Enforcement Code concerning the establishment of a procedure for payment of expenses
for travel to long-term meetings when both spouses
serve their imprisonment sentences.
The follow-up inspection at Lukiškės RPCP has
found that one recommendation issued has been
implemented in part. Providing the on the planned actions, Lukiškės RPCP has indicated that the
recommendation concerning the reduction of the
number of beds in the cells by removing non-used
bunks will be complied with in full within a year.
The follow-up inspection at Kaunas JRPCH has established that of the 16 recommendations issued, 12
have been implemented in full, two have been implemented in part and two have not been implemented
at all. The follow-up visit has stated that two recommendations have remained unimplemented: one for
ensuring that the number of positions in the Health
Care Service complies with the number of employee
positions defined in legal acts and that all positions
approved at this Service are filled in, and the other
one for ensuring that the rubber batons worn by the
security guards are not openly displayed. Supplying
the information about the results of the follow-up
inspection, Kaunas JRPCH has noted that active
POLICE INSTITUTIONS
During the reporting period, follow-up visits were
held at two police institutions: the custody and
temporary detention facilities of the Panevėžys
County Police Headquarters (hereinafter referred
to as “the Panevėžys CPH”) and the temporary
detention facility of the Panevėžys City Police
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