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Lithuania
Prison and Probation Service
National Population:
2 794 184
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
8
Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
190
Avg. Prisoner Population:
5 320
Total available prisoner places:
7 326
Official design capacity:
7 326
| Administrative Status | Prison and Probation Service |
| EuroPris Member | Yes |
| Country | Lithuania |
| National Population | 2 794 184 (as of 01/01/19) |
| National Population Source | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat |
| Aligment with Ministry of Justice | Other Ministry Department |
| Operated | civilian |
| Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population | 190 (as of 31/01/2021) |
| Average prisoner population | 5 320 (as of 31/01/2021) |
| Total available prisoner places | 7 326 |
| Official design capacity | 7 326 |
| Responsible for young/juvenile offenders | Yes |
| Minimum age that a young/juvenile offender can be admitted to the prison system | 14 |
| Prisoners over the age of 50 | 746 (as of 31/01/2021) |
| Conditional release or parole system | Yes |
| Life sentences issued in your jurisdiction | Yes |
| Can life sentence prisoners be conditionally released | Yes |
| Does your agency have an automated system for performing sentence calculations | Yes |
| Electronic monitoring solutions (frontdoor) | Yes |
| Agency directly responsible for the healthcare of prisoners | Yes |
| Agency provides the following health intervention programmes |
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| Total number of female staff (FTE) | 1 700 |
| Total number of male staff (FTE) | 1 618 |
| Average age of staff | 0 |
| Agency outsources the following services | construction works |
| Other outsourced services |
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| Video-conferencing facilities to prisoners |
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| Agency has a national, centralised and service-wide Offender Management System | Yes |
| Which prisoners have access to a telephone service |
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| Agency provides access to the following self-service technologies |
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| Agency provides prisoner education | Yes |
| Agency provides vocational training | Yes |
| Is work a mandatory requirement for prisoners | |
| Types of treatment/intervention programmes provided |
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| Agency provides spiritual guidance services irrespective of denomination | Yes |
| Agency provide a diet which meets the needs of all cultures/denominations | Yes |
| Number of visits permitted for pre-trial prisoners per month | 2 |
| Agency provides mother-child units in any of its prisons | Yes |
| Agency has a national, centralised system for managing visits | No |
| Agency works with external services in preparing a prisoner for release | Yes |
| Agency has its own national intelligence branch | Yes |
| Agency has specialised interventions teams | Yes |
| Agency has a dedicated system for case management | Yes |
| Agency has a formal complaints process for prisoners | Yes |
| Who is responsible for the escort of prisoners |
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| Agency utilises a form of segregation | Yes |
| Agency can carry out the following sanctions |
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| Agency has a system for prevention of suicide in custody | Yes |
Address: L. Sapiegos str. 1 Prison Department, LT-10312 Vilnius
Telephone: +370 5 2719082
Website: http://www.kaldep.lt
Email: [email protected]
Mr Virginijus Kulikauskas
Position: Director General
Appointed since: 10/05/2019
Supported by the Justice Programme of the European Union