2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE the internal regulations of custody facilities, in some custody facilities (cells) the internal regulations are not posted on the wall, citizens of foreign states are not familiarized with their rights, obligations and prohibitions in a language they understand (the internal regulations of police custody facilities are available only in Lithuanian). use their own metal spoons; persons brought to custody facilities do not always receive a check-up by a health care specialist within 24 hours, sometimes because there is no medical office in the facilities, while in one custody facility the medical office did not have a permission-hygiene passport and medicinal products kept in the office were unsuitable for use; in one custody facility detainees did not have a possibility to see a psychologist; there were cases when medical documents were not filled in appropriately. Recommendations following inspections in Police Custody Facilities 5. Regarding shortcomings of the Electronic Register – During inspections, it was established that as from 9 February 2015 data on persons kept in premises of temporary detention or custody facilities were uploaded into the Electronic Register, however, the new Register did not contain all data on the duration of the persons’ presence in the police station/headquarters and premises of temporary detention, or on the fact whether a person was placed into premises of temporary detention at all; when an extract was printed out, it lacked more than a half of the data on the time of release of persons from the police station/headquarters and those data did not coincide with the data in the Electronic Register; in the Register, there are no possibilities to receive information on the performance of a certain specific action (for instance, taking a detainee out of a cell), the format of a log is not appropriate and the log does not record data on a person’s refusal, for example, to go for a walk outside. Following inspections in five police stations/ headquarters, 20 recommendations were provided to the Police Commissioner General of the Republic of Lithuania. The majority of them (12) were implemented or partially implemented. In addition, all territorial police stations and their divisions were familiarized with a report on inspections by drawing their attention to shortcomings identified in the report and instructing them to take measures to ensure that the indicated shortcomings were avoided when organizing the work in police custody facilities and premises of temporary detention. Taking into account the provided recommendations, A plan of measures for improvement of conditions of detainees in police custody facilities and premises of temporary detention was approved whereby the following was provided for: to close down custody facilities of Varėna Police Station (by 1 April 2016); to review the timeframe of keeping detainees in premises of temporary detention; to renew soft inventory used in police custody facilities as well as sheets and towels; to assess possibilities of reconstruction of premises of sanitary units, calculate the required funding and provide for that funding according to financial possibilities; in 6. Regarding the persons’ (including citizens of foreign countries) right to receive information – Detainees are only formally familiarized with 24