A/69/44 inter-prisoner violence, mostly a result of inadequate management and staffing. It is also concerned that the infrastructure and poor material conditions in a number of prisons, especially in the Lukiskes and Siauliai prisons, including living space per prisoner, are not in conformity with international standards and that prisoners are not provided with a constructive regime. The Committee is also concerned at allegations of excessive use of force by prison staff in certain facilities (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13 and 16). The State party should: (a) Enhance steps to improve the material conditions of detention in conformity with the appropriate provisions of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which are currently under revision, particularly in the Lukiskes and Siauliai prisons, including by ensuring the best existing international standards of living space per prisoner, by renovating existing prison facilities, closing those unfit for use, notably the Lukiskes prison, and building new ones, and providing prisoners with constructive and purposeful activities, in accordance with the Plan of Implementing Measures 2009–2017 in relation to the Strategy for the Renovation of Places of Imprisonment; (b) Enhance steps to reduce inter-prisoner violence by: improving prison management and the prisoner/staff ratio; strengthening the monitoring and management of vulnerable prisoners; and implementing the Programme for the Prevention of Manifestations of the Criminal Subculture in Places of Imprisonment, of 20 January 2009, and the Procedure for the Prevention and Investigation of Injuries of Detainees and Convicts in Places of Imprisonment, Order No. V-180 of 21 May 2012; (c) Ensure that all reports of excessive use of force by prison staff are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent mechanism with no institutional or hierarchical connection between the investigators and the alleged perpetrators, and ensure that all persons under investigation for having committed acts of torture or ill-treatment are immediately suspended from their duties and remain so throughout the investigation, while ensuring that the principle of presumption of innocence is observed; (d) Prosecute persons suspected of ill-treatment and, if found guilty, ensure that they are punished in accordance with the gravity of their acts; (e) Ensure that the Seimas Ombudsman and other independent mechanisms regularly monitor and visit all places of detention; (f) Establish a mechanism to deal with the complaints of inmates about their conditions of detention and provide effective follow-up to such complaints for the purpose of remedial action; (g) Provide training to prison staff and medical personnel on communication with and the managing of inmates and on detecting signs of vulnerability; (h) Resort more to alternatives to incarceration, taking into account the provisions of the Tokyo Rules. Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation (21) While noting the Law on Compensation of Damage Resulting from Unlawful Actions of Institutions of Public Authority and the Representation of the State, the Committee is concerned that there is no explicit provision in domestic legislation and no specific programmes of assistance and support that provide for the right of victims of 126 GE.14-12596