2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE nutrition according to religious, cultural or other convictions; patients did not have a possibility to express their preferences with regard to the choice of food. 3. Regarding ensuring the right to receive information – There were doubts as to whether patients were always appropriately informed about the prescribed treatment, its duration and efficiency, medication they are taking, the possibility of alternatives, etc.; the patients’ right to have access to medical documents and receive extracts thereof in accordance with the effective legislation was not ensured; information on sexual and reproductive health was not provided. If need be, interpretation services would not be ensured to patients. The mental institution was given recommendations regarding appropriate provision of information to patients, ensuring possibilities to exercise the right to privacy, ensuring the minimum living space per patient, proper registration of cases of physical restraint of patients and the analysis of patients’ written complaints, requests, etc. four police stations as well as premises of temporary detention of one police station (custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of Šalčininkai Police Station of the Police Headquarters of Vilnius County; custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of the Police Headquarters of Panevėžys County; premises of temporary detention of Panevėžys Police Station; custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of the Police Headquarters of Alytus County; custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of Elektrėnai Police Station of the Police Headquarters of Vilnius County). POLICE CUSTODY FACILITIES The following are the main problems and human rights violations identified: In the course of assessment of the human rights situation in police custody facilities and premises of temporary detention in police stations in 2014, inspections were conducted in custody facilities and premises of temporary detention of 1. Regarding violations of hygiene norms and installation of premises – Most common finding was that the detention conditions failed to comply with the hygiene norms, besides, a number of cells and premises of temporary 4. Regarding the analysis of patients’ written submissions – It was established that the institution does not perform the analysis of issues raised in patients’ written submissions. 21