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Legal instruments & key provisions
Legal instrument | Key provision |
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Order Regarding the approval of the list of the delivery of arrested and convicted persons to specific places of execution of punishment and the list of the places of execution of sentences of deprivation of liberty | Women are accommodated in Panevėžys prison, which is dedicated only to women. Women sentenced for crimes for which the prison term does not exceed 1 year are accommodated in an open house in Vilnius prison. The legislation states that women must be separated from men but does not detail how women are actually separated from men in this institution. |
Order Regarding the implementation of the Code on Enforcement of Punishment, the Law on Probation and the Law on the Execution of Arrest | Women arriving for the first time at the place of arrest or punishment who do not have sanitary towels with them are immediately issued free sanitary towels. |
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS
Year | Recommendation | Report |
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2024 | The Seimas Ombudsperson recommends to the Minister of Justice to consider <...> supplementing the approved supply norms for convicted mothers, who are accommodated together with their children in children's (infant) homes located at the place of execution of the sentence or outside the territory of the place of execution of the sentence, by adding strollers to the list of necessary items for babies, to ensure the right of convicted mothers and their babies (children) to go for a walk and be outside. | Report details |