JUSTICE FOR ALL oners who cannot be released on parole and whose application for transfer to a Halfway House is submitted by the administration of the institution (Article 69(3) of the Code for the Execution of Criminal Penalties of the Republic of Lithuania). According to Prof. R. Uscila, the requirements for the transfer of a convicted person to a Halfway House are relatively high: 1) the convicted person must be an active participant in the resocialisation process (carrying out the measures set out in the individual social rehabilitation plan in the penitentiary home, working or engaging in other meaningful activities) and must be classified in the "light" group; 2) the risk of re-offending is low or has clearly decreased during the sentence; 3) the convicted person is eligible for parole from the penitentiary institution and there is no more than one year left before the application of this institute; 4) the convicted person must have served at least a quarter of the sentence, and the convicted person whose partially suspended sentence has been revoked, as well as whose conditional release from the penitentiary institution has been revoked, and who has been sentenced by the court to serve the remaining part of the custodial sentence imposed by the sentence, – have served at least six months of the custodial sentence from the beginning of the execution of the court's decision on the suspension of the execution of the sentence or on the revocation of the conditional release and the referral to a correctional institution; 5) the convicted person must not have any previous penalties for infringements of the law committed while serving the sentence; 6) the convicted person has not previously been transferred from an open colony or Halfway House to a penitentiary because of violations of the law. In addition, prisoners must work or study, refrain from committing offences, follow a prescribed route when travelling to work, an educational institution, a shop or any other place, keep to a daily routine, and take part in resocialisation measures. Prisoners are also encouraged to take care of the Halfway House and its grounds as their home, with an emphasis on the development of appropriate social and work skills. The status of the prisoner as a dependent, where the prison used to take care of everything "from scratch", is being abandoned in favour of autonomy and responsibility. The algorithm for transferring a prisoner to a Halfway House is described below: 1. The convicted person or institution applies for transfer to a Halfway House; 2. The director of the prison decides whether the prisoner meets the formal grounds; 3. The prison accepts the assignment to the Resocialisation Unit to prepare the documentary material required for the transfer; 4. Material to be submitted to the Lithuanian Prison Service's Halfway House Commission; 5. The Commission shall examine the case in question and make a proposal to the Lithuanian Prison Service or the head of a subordinate institution; 6. The Director of the Lithuanian Prison Service or a subordinate institution shall take a decision on the transfer of a convicted person to a Halfway House.529 BENEFITS OF HALFWAY HOUSES INCLUDING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES First of all, Halfway Houses have a small community of inmates. The number of staff working with them is relatively the highest compared to other detention facilities. There are four core staff and one supervisor working with 20 convicted persons. 129