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-
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