2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE
Station (hereinafter referred to as “the Panevėžys
PS”). These places of detention had been inspected in August-September 2014, and had been
given 16 recommendations, of which 12 had been
concerned with the Panevėžys CPH premises and
four with the Panevėžys PS premises.
this recommendation will be carried on not only
with senior management of the police stations but
also with other institutions concerned.
PLACES OF DETENTION FOR
FOREIGNERS
During the 2014 inspections, most of the recommendations dealt with the ensuring of the estab
lished minimum living space (5 m2) per person,
as well as with the adaptation of the premises
and entrances for people with disabilities, the
ensuring of cleanliness, possibilities for detainees
to dry their laundry and privacy by installing
appropriate partitions of the sanitary facilities, the
proper supply of information to persons on their
rights and duties, and the appropriate provision
of information relevant for detainees.
During the reporting period, also one follow-up
inspection was conducted at a place of detention
for foreigners, i.e. the Refugees Reception Centre
(hereinafter referred to as “RRC” or “the Centre”).
The follow-up inspection was performed with
the aim of establishing whether the recommendations issued during the previous inspections
had been implemented, and considering the fact
that Lithuania had an obligation for the European
Union to accept more than a thousand persons
from military conflict regions and accommodate
them at the RRC. During the 2014 visit at the RRC,
eight recommendations had been provided. Supplying the information on the implementation of
recommendations, the Centre indicated that all
of them had been complied with or they were to
be implemented by the end of 2016 at the latest.
When supplying the information on the imp
lementation of the recommendations, senior
management of the Police Stations has indicated
that they have agreed with 13 recommendations
issued by the Seimas Ombudsman, and has promised to take measures to ensure that the identified shortcomings are eliminated. Cooperation
has continued on three recommendations that
have not been approved.
The follow-up visit has found that, of the eight
recommendations issued, five ones were implemented in full and three ones in part. Therefore the
Centre has been urged again to take steps to ensure
that all recommendations are implemented properly. According to the latest information from the
administration of the Centre, all recommendations
issued during the follow-up inspection were implemented shortly after that inspection (the RRC has
also added evidence supporting this statement).
The follow-up visit has found that of the 16 recommendations issued only five ones have been imp
lemented in full, one recommendation has been
complied with in part, while 10 recommendations
have not been implemented. When providing the
information on the implementation of the recommendations given during the follow-up inspection,
senior management of the Police Stations has
indicated that nearly all the recommendations
have been implemented and that there is one
recommendation not implemented which relates
to ensuring of conditions for detainees to dry their
laundry. Cooperation on the implementation of
SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTIONS
During the reporting period, follow-up inspections were carried out at 10 adult social care
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