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Latvia

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Sentence Execution Code of Latvia (Latvijas Sodu izpildes kodekss)Resocialisation of convicted persons is carried out by means of social behaviour correction and social rehabilitation. Measures for resocialisation of convicted persons shall be applied in the form of individual or group work, in accordance with the type of penal institution, the regime of execution of the sentence and the risks and needs assessment of the convicted person. The means for social rehabilitation of convicted persons are: (1) education, including general, vocational and interest education; (2) involvement of convicted detainees in socially useful employment; (3) finding solution to social problems of convicted detainees that may arise as the consequence of imprisonment (for example, providing information on available social services and social assistance after release from prison, processing identity documents, etc.); (4) psychological assistance – psychological assessment of convicted detainees, psychological counselling individually or in a group, psychological assistance in crisis; (5) involving convicted detainees in cultural, informative, artistic, amateur and sports activities; (6) involving in addiction-reduction programmes. Also programmes for correction of social behaviour shall be provided to convicted detainees.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2023The Ombudsperson concluded that the different minimum wage rates for convicted detainees as well as the deferent procedure for making deductions were in line with the requirements of the directive, the legislator should strive to ensure that convicted detainees receive a fair remuneration which is as close as possible to the remuneration received by the persons employed for the same work at liberty. Report details