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Estonia

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Imprisonment ActPrisoners are required to work unless otherwise provided by the Act. The prison service shall ensure, if possible, that a prisoner is provided with work, considering the physical and mental abilities and skills of the prisoner. If it is impossible to ensure that a prisoner is provided with work, the prisoner shall be required, if possible, to participate in the maintenance of the prison.
Imprisonment ActThe objective of providing an opportunity to prisoners to acquire education is to ensure that prisoners have adequate knowledge, skills and ethical principles which would allow the prisoners to continue their education and work after release. The prison service shall ensure that general premises, classrooms and workshops necessary for the acquisition of general education, vocational education and in-service training for the purpose of professional development exist, as well as the possibility to receive practical training in the areas of specialisation taught in the prison.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2023Although prisons have taken into account a number of the Chancellor’s earlier recommendations, some problems in open prisons have remained unresolved for a long time. For example, prisoners in open prisons still do not have the opportunity to use the internet to look for work or study. The Chancellor recommended allowing prisoners to use the internet in the summary of the inspection visit carried out in 2016 as well as 2020 Report details