2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE hospitalisation and treatment and of their right to participate in the hearing; cases of patients’restraint are recorded in a special log, specifying various facts that help to identify possible violations of human rights; a separate room has been installed for meetings with the close family and other persons; if necessary, patients of the institution are immediately provided with a translator’s services; the Clinic carries out analysis of questions raised in written inquires submitted by patients; patients are regularly supplied with information on sexual and reproductive health, family planning and side effects of contraceptives; patients undergoing treatment voluntarily have the possibility to submit an application for the refusal of treatment or the use of alternative treatment methods, etc.; patients are provided with information on the prescribed treatment, administered medications, effectiveness of treatment, etc.; patients, except for the exemptions provided for in legislation, can have unrestricted access to the medical records and their extracts; patients are supplied with various personal hygiene items, such as bathing and tooth brushing items, toothbrushes, combs, etc.; privacy is ensured in the hygiene facilities; employees show constant attempts to take the patients’preferences regarding meals into consideration; single-person wards have been outfitted; all patients have the opportunity to go for a daily walk outdoors; and the smoking room has been removed. The answer will be provided by 28 February. Supplying the information on the recommendations made during the follow-up inspection, the institution has informed that plans for renovation of the premises have been drawn up for the Clinic, and investment projects are being coordinated for reducing the number of beds to four per ward. There are also plans to install surveillance cameras in all common spaces (hallways). IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONS During the reporting period, three follow-up visits were held to imprisonment institutions, including Lukiškės Remand Prison – Closed Prison (hereinafter referred to as “Lukiškės RPCP”), Kaunas Juvenile Remand Prison – Correction House (hereinafter referred to as “Kaunas JRPCH) and Panevėžys Correction House (hereinafter referred to as “Panevėžys CH”) (Report No. 2015/1-99). On completing the inspections at the imprisonment institutions, 46 recommendations in total were issued to the heads of the Prison Department under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania and the imprisonment institutions subject to inspection: seven to the Prison Department, 16 to Kaunas JRPCH, one to Lukiškės RPCP and 22 to Panevėžys CH. The information supplied by the institutions shows that 44 recommendations have been implemented, while two ones have been left unimplemented. However, the recommendations of the Seimas Ombudsmen concerning the ensuring of the minimum living space (7 m2) per bed (patient) in a ward and the maximum number of four beds per ward, as well as the recommendation for organising training on relevant topics have not been implemented: there was no training that would analyse cases of the use of restraints for patients, the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or their implementation problems. The follow-up visit has found that of the 46 recommendations provided by the Seimas Ombudsmen the majority has been implemented: 26 implemented in full, 12 implemented in part, and 8 not implemented. The follow-up inspection at Panevėžys CH has established that of the 22 recommendations made 11 ones have been implemented, eight 27

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