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 28