2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE kept together with the nonsmoking ones; not all outside yards were clean. 5. Regarding provided health care services– Persons who were imposed with a penalty – solitary confinement – were not regularly visited by a health care specialist; health care services were possibly provided without compliance with the requirements of legal acts regulating the provision of such services; furthermore, there were doubts as to whether the convicted persons were properly informed of the treatment prescribed to them and agreed to receive it. 6. Regarding nutrition – Dietary or special nutrition for medical indications was not always ensured. 1. Regarding the number and composition of the staff and improvement of qualifications – Detainees are not always provided continuous services of a psychologist, social worker and other staff of the social rehabilitation division; in upgrading of qualifications, the subjects related to questions relevant to minors are not sufficiently covered, while specialized subjects on women inmate issues are nonexistent. 7. Regarding provision of toiletry items – In one imprisonment institution, toiletry items were kept in inappropriate conditions. 8. Regarding out-of-cell activities – The range of outof-cell activities that detained persons could engage in was insufficient. 2. Regarding the use of special measures, searches and imposition of penalties – When applying the measure of tying, there is a possibility of abuse and inappropriate treatment by officers; searches are not filmed or only several of them are filmed in a year; inmates kept in a disciplinary group are not ensured a possibility to contact officers except with major efforts; penalty isolation cells are not installed appropriately; convicts serving a penalty in a penalty isolation cell are not visited by a medical specialist daily; women inmates kept in a disciplinary group may 9. Regarding dissemination of information – Citizens of foreign countries were not always informed of their rights, obligations and prohibitions applied in the language they understand. A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION A follow-up inspection was conducted in one imprisonment institution – Marijampolė Correction Home. The following are the main problems and human rights violations identified: 27