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
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