2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE 3. Regarding access to additional out-of-cell activities – In certain custody facilities, detainees had completely no access to sports, cultural and leisure activities. detention did not meet the requirements for the installation of such premises: cells were often insufficiently clean, the obligation to provide detained persons only with disinfected (cleaned) soft inventory (a mattress, a pillow, a blanket) was not always complied with, privacy was seldom ensured in sanitary units of cells, and the sanitary equipment was technically faulty; conditions were not provided for drying the laundry; interrogation rooms and residential cells were often not under surveillance by video cameras, there were also cases where the minimum living space per person in custody (5 m2) was not ensured. It was also noticed that main entrances to police stations and other premises were not adapted for the disabled. Custody facilities were mostly recommended to ensure the minimum living space per person (5 m2), adaptat premises and entrances for the disabled, ensure that the cells are kept clean, provide possibilities to detainees to dry the laundry, ensure privacy by correspondingly screening off sanitary units; provide detained persons with adequate information about their rights and obligations, and provide proper access to information relevant to detainees. In 2015, inspections were conducted in five police stations: custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of the Police Headquarters of Utena County; custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of Varėna District Police Station of the Police Headquarters of Alytus County; custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of Švenčionys District Police Station and premises of temporary detention of Trakai District Police Station of the Police Headquarters of Vilnius County; and custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of Kėdainiai District Police Station of the Police Headquarters of Kaunas County (21 May 2015 Report No 2015/1-22). 2. Regarding accessibility of health care – Medical posts were installed not in all custody facilities, and some medical posts operated in conflict with the requirements of legal acts regulating the activities of such services (for instance, they did not have a licence or a permit-hygiene passport); detainees did not always have a possibility to see a psychologist and/or a psychotherapist; medical documents were filled in inappropriately; in certain cases the quality of food supplied to detainees was not checked. There were also cases established where detained persons were not supervised and checked by a health care specialist with only emergency medical care accessible to them; the condition of health of detainees on a hunger strike was not monitored. 3. Regarding appropriate access to information – There were cases where persons placed into custody were inappropriately informed of their rights and the internal regulations of police custody facility. FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS IN POLICE CUSTODY FACILITIES In addition, follow-up inspections were conducted in two police custody facilities and premises of temporary detention in police stations, which had been inspected in August–September 22

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