2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE are not supplied with mattresses and blankets when staying in temporary detention facilities during night-time. The privacy of detainees is not ensured in the use of the sanitary facilities (the surveillance cameras are installed so as to show a part of the space the sanitary facilities which also lack doors); persons under the influence of alcohol are held in temporary detention facilities longer than the 5-hour time limit; persons held in long-term detention facilities for 24 hours or more have no opportunity to go for a walk outside; not all police stations had clothing which, if necessary, could be provided to disinfected persons in custody facilities; individuals held in custody facilities have no appropriate conditions for washing their personal outer garments and bedding and drying them afterwards. 3. Concerning the organisation of meals and health care. Minors get three meals a day, without observing the time intervals defined in laws; the food from catering services providers served to detainees is not checked; officers who distribute meals have not completed compulsory training in hygiene skills, and have failed to comply with the hygiene requirements while distributing food; preconditions are created for violating the privacy of persons during their examination by health care professionals in cells (also with other detainees present in a cell) or hallways by the cells; the dates of medicines in the first aid kit at the duty officers’ unit were expired. 4. Concerning the right of access to information for persons, including foreign nationals. The custody and long-term detention facilities have no internal rules of procedure displayed; persons are not introduced with their rights and duties at long-term detention facilities against signature; and no internal rules of procedure for custody and long-term detention facilities have been prepared in any foreign language. and employees sign a confidentiality agreement on non-disclosure of child information and the content of individual conversations); also group and individual conversations are initiated for the purpose of discovering various shortcomings. POLICE CUSTODY FACILITIES During the reporting period, the assessment of the human rights situation at custody and temporary detention facilities of police stations included inspections of the custody and temporary detention facility of the Klaipėda County Police Headquarters and 3 (three) police stations in Klaipėda County, in particular Plungė District Police Station, Skuodas District Police Station and the log-term and temporary detention facilities of Palanga City Police Station (Report No. 2016/1-21 of 8 June 2016). The following main problems and most common violations of human rights have been identified: 1. Concerning the officers’ working conditions. The officers’ working facilities (their part) are nonrenovated, i.e. the floor and wall cover is worn out, the ventilation system is installed inadequately, no conditions for washing oneself exist, and there is a lack of a sports hall. 2. Concerning the detention conditions and supply of persons. The detention facilities are not adapted to persons with movement disabilities and fail to meet the statutory requirements for the floor area, ventilation and lighting. The longterm detention facilities have double deck beds, which creates conditions which can give rise to a threat that the living conditions of persons detained in such premises may be equivalent to degrading treatment due to the lack of personal space. The supplies provided for in laws, in particular individual closets and coats hooks, as well as the cleanliness are not ensured. The detained persons 18

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