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Development of Quality Based Lithuanian Correctional Service System

Project promoter: Lithuanian Prison Service
Project title: Development of Quality Based Lithuanian Correctional Service System
Project code: LT06-2-TM-TF-001
Project eligible expenditure: EUR 19.020.728 (EUR 16.167.619 grant from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and EUR 2.853.109 budget co-financing)
Project signature date: 18 September 2020
Project implementation period: 20 August 2020 – 30 April 2024
 
Why is the project needed?
 

The number of imprisoned persons (235) per 100,000 population is about twice higher than the EU average and Lithuania is the leader in terms of the number of inmates per 100,000 population across the EU. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) underlines that the imprisonment conditions do not meet the international standards of human rights. The Lithuanian correctional system is standing behind the penitentiary systems of many European countries.

The project aims to improve the correctional service in Lithuania. The project is focused on development of competences of the prison/probation staff, social reintegration measures for inmates, improvement of the processes of correctional service and setting up an adequate infrastructure in line with the Council of Europe standards and best European practice.

The project includes:
  • Development of intervention tools to reduce the risk of criminal behaviour;
  • Acquiring equipment and tools for positive occupation of inmates;
  • Development of an inmate's release model from a correctional institution, half-way house, probation together with NGO;
  • Designing of new curriculums and providing training for prison and probation staff;
  • Building and equipping of Training Centre;
  • Establishing 8 training correctional units for practical training purposes;
  • Establishing 2 pilot correctional centres;
  • Development of electronic monitoring.
Target groups of the project are prison and probation staff. The end beneficiaries are inmates and persons under probation.

Donor project partners (University College of Norwegian Correctional Service, Oslo Probation Office, Oslo Half-way House, Kriminalomsorgen Innlandet and Bredtveit prison) and national project partners (Training Centre of the Lithuanian Prison Service, Vilnius Correction House, Pravieniškės Correction House-Open Colony, Marijampolė Correction House, Alytus Correction House, Kaunas Remand Prison and Lithuanian Probation Service) shall cooperate during project implementation. Donor project partners will provide training for the correctional service staff; assist the Lithuanian partners in adopting and adapting the intervention measures for risk reduction, positive occupation for inmates, measures for development of dynamic security, etc.


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