CAT/C/LTU/CO/3 their rights, the right to have access to a lawyer, the right to an independent doctor and the right to inform a relative or person of their choice. (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16) The State party should take effective measures to guarantee that all detained persons are afforded, by law and in practice, all fundamental legal safeguards from the outset of deprivation of liberty, in particular the rights to be informed of and understand their rights, to prompt access to a lawyer and, if necessary, to legal aid; the right to notify a member of their family or another appropriate person of their own choice; and the right to have access to a medical examination by an independent doctor and, if possible, a doctor of their choice, in accordance with international standards. All health-related tasks in police stations should be performed by qualified medical personnel. Pretrial and administrative detention 11. The Committee is concerned at the duration of and the high number of persons held in pretrial and administrative detention and that pretrial detention is not used as a measure of last resort. It is also concerned that remand prisoners may be returned from prison to police custody several times and that persons can be held in police arrest houses for long periods, serving consecutive penalties for administrative offences. In addition, it is concerned at the placement of minors in “socialization centres”, which amounts to administrative detention, and their placement in “relaxation rooms” for violations of discipline, which amounts to solitary confinement. (arts. 2, 10 and 16) The State party should: (a) Adopt all necessary measures to reduce resort to pretrial detention and its duration, ensure that pretrial detainees are brought before a judge without delay, and eliminate detention for administrative offences; (b) Review “socialization centres” where minors are held in de facto administrative detention and ensure effective monitoring of such institutions in order to prevent any breach of the Convention; (c) Ensure that there is minimal detention on remand in police stations, even for a few days, and that persons remanded in custody are always promptly transferred to a remand centre; (d) Take steps, including of a legislative nature, to ensure that prisoners are not returned to police detention facilities and that each case is subject to the approval of a prosecutor under judicial oversight; (e) Provide training to law enforcement and judicial professionals on alternatives to incarceration, such as probation, mediation, community service and suspended sentences, taking into account the provisions of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules). Life-sentenced prisoners 12. While noting the entry into force in 2012 of the Law on Probation, the Committee is concerned that article 158 of the Criminal Punishment Enforcement Code prohibits lifesentenced prisoners from being released on parole unless the life sentence is replaced by fixed-term imprisonment. It is also concerned that life-sentenced prisoners are detained separately from the rest of the prison population. (arts. 2, 11 and 16) The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that there is no blanket prohibition for life-sentenced prisoners to apply for release on parole for good reasons. Measures should be taken to integrate life-sentenced prisoners into the general prison population. 4