2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE inmates, who had a job, to wash themselves after work; appropriate conditions for keeping clothes and other personal belongings were ensured. units in the institution were repaired; additional hard inventory was bought to detainees and conditions were also created for detainees to make some of it themselves; a check is conducted once a month as to whether persons transferred from the remand prison to the correction home are given hygiene means; clean cutlery is given to detainees; privacy of persons is ensured in cells; additional soft inventory was purchased to detainees. However, two recommendations remained unimplemented. According to the institution, the right to receive health care services during the night is ensured for women inmates, and nutrition of adequate value and in accordance with religious convictions is ensured. It is noteworthy that a dialogue is ongoing regarding the implementation of the two recommendations indicated above trying to achieve their implementation. Panevėžys Correction House agreed with the majority of the recommendations provided by the Seimas Ombudsman and, like Kaunas Remand Prison for Minors – Correction House, drew up a plan of implementation of the recommendations: a part of the premises was adapted to persons with a physical disability, the other part is being prepared for the adaptation; specialists are hired to the positions of the Health Care Service; anonymous survey of convicts regarding the quality of provision of dental care services is conducted; special stamps are placed in medical case histories confirming that a patient has been informed about the treatment plan, understands it and agrees to receiving treatment; all household appliances in kitchens are functioning; a memo about their rights and obligations was drawn up and is handed to women inmates, the memo was also translated into Russian; boxes were placed for submission of anonymous written appeals; there is telephone connection and there is a possibility to make an information call; a penalty isolation cell was installed properly; the right of persons in a disciplinary group to use courtyards for taking a walk was ensured; quarantine premises were repaired; appropriate cleaning of residential premises is ensured; sanitary units were repaired; conditions were provided for women Lukiškės Remand Prison – Closed Prison implemented a recommendation of the Seimas Ombudsman and installed a cell adapted for a person with a physical disability; such persons are also provided a possibility to work, if need be. During 2015, a follow-up inspection was conducted in one imprisonment institution (Marijampolė Correction Home) in order to assess whether recommendations which had been provided during a prior inspection were implemented (5). A follow-up visit revealed that one recommendation had been implemented, while the rest had not been implemented or had been implemented inappropriately, therefore, it was recommended to take measures to ensure that all the recommendations were implemented, and additional recommendations were issued (7) regarding other shortcomings identified during the follow-up visit. According to the data provided by institutions to which recommendations had been issued, almost all the recommendations were implemented (8) or partially implemented (2): measures were taken to ensure that complaints ad- 30

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