Possibilities to continue studying at schools of
general education and to work are not provided,
thus violating their right to engage in all kinds
of meaningful activities, social rehabilitation
documents of the relocated prisoners are handled
only partially, their social skills development
and healthy lifestyle programmes are not
implemented; the convicted have no access to
literature adapted to their needs, activities with
public organisations focused on moral education
do not include other forms of positive activities
for the convicted or such meetings do not take
place; there are no risk assessments of criminal
behaviour of relocated inmates, the number
of websites available to relocated inmates in
different correction institutions ranges from
1 to 107, and in some institutions computer
equipment is very outdated.
60 (sixty) recommendations were issued to
competent authorities: 1 (one) recommendation was
issued to the Minister of Health (for improving legal
regulation – the hygiene standard should include
the requirement to ensure natural lighting measured
according to the natural lighting coefficient), 2
(two) – to the Director of the Prison Department; in
addition, control of recommendations submitted to
subordinate institutions: Alytus Correction House –
9 (nine), Marijampolė Correction House – 10 (ten),
Vilnius Correction House – 8 (eight), Pravieniškės
Correction House-Remand Prison – 10 (ten),
Panevėžys Correction House – 9 (nine) and Šiauliai
Remand Prison – 11 (eleven).
Natural lighting coefficients do not correspond to
even the minimum established analogue natural lighting
coefficient, which must be at least 0.5%.
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Data provided by the competent authorities on the
results of the implementation of the recommendations
showed that the Prison Department implemented
2 (two) recommendations, Alytaus Correction
House – 9 (nine), Marijampolė Correction House –
7 (seven) (three recommendations not implemented
or implemented improperly), Vilnius Correction
House – 7 (seven) and 1 (one) recommendation
was not implemented or implemented improperly,
Pravieniškės Correction House-Remand Prison –
8 (eight), 1 (one) recommendation was not implemented
or implemented improperly; moreover, Pravieniškės
Correction House-Remand Prison failed to provide
implementation information in respect of 1 (one)
recommendation, Panevėžys Correction House –
9 (nine), and Šiauliai Remand Prison – 9 (nine) and
2 (two) recommendations were not implemented
or were implemented improperly. Measures for
implementing the submitted recommendation are
being revised with the Ministry of Health.
3. POLICE FACILITIES
During the reporting period, the assessment of
the human rights situation at temporary detention
facilities of police stations (PS) included a total of
5 (five) police stations: Švenčionys District Police
Station of Vilnius County Police Headquarters and
Ukmergė District Police Station, Anykščiai District
Police Station of Utena County Police Headquarters,
Jonava District Police Station of Kaunas County Police
Headquarters and Prienai District Police Station of
Alytus County Police Headquarters.
During inspections the following main shortcomings
were identified:
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