Completed

Development of Quality Based Lithuanian Correctional Service System

Lithuanian Prison Service ·Lithuania

€20m

Grant awarded

Justice and Home Affairs

Programme

18 September 2020

Signed

About this project

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 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: <ul> <li style="text-align: justify">Development of intervention tools to reduce the risk of criminal behaviour;</li> <li style="text-align: justify">Acquiring equipment and tools for positive occupation of inmates;</li> <li style="text-align: justify">Development of an inmate's release model from a correctional institution, half-way house, probation together with NGO;</li> <li style="text-align: justify">Designing of new curriculums and providing training for prison and probation staff;</li> <li>Upgrading and rebuilding of an existing building to become the New Training Centre;</li> <li>Establishing 8 training correctional units for practical training purposes;</li> <li style="text-align: justify">Development of electronic monitoring.</li> </ul> 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) 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.

Bilateral cooperation results

During the project donor project partners (University College of Norwegian Correctional Service, Oslo Probation Office, Oslo Half-way House, Kriminalomsorgen Innlandet and Bredtveit prison) provided training for the correctional service staff, assisted the Lithuanian partners in adopting and adapting the intervention measures for risk reduction, positive occupation for inmates, measures for development of dynamic security. Throughout the project, experience exchange visits were held. A total of 74 individuals from Norwegian partner institutions visited Lithuania to take part in activities, while 196 Lithuanian representatives traveled to Norway to share and gain experience.

Project partners

The University College of the Norwegian Correctional Service (KRUS) Donor project partner· Norway
Oslo Probation Office Donor project partner· Norway
Oslo Half-way House Donor project partner· Norway
Kriminalomsorgen Innlandet Donor project partner· Norway
Bredtveit Prison Donor project partner· Norway
Lithuanian Probation Service Project partner· Lithuania

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