The number of complaints from prisoners about prison conditions has increased sevenfold in Lithuania since 2012. According to a judge from the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, in 2016 this court alone awarded almost a million euros to prisoners in compensation for the harm suffered due to degrading, unsanitary conditions and overcrowding. These complaints made up almost 30% of all cases the court examined that year. Appeals are also reaching Strasbourg, with eight cases currently before the European Court of Human Rights regarding insufficient compensation awarded by national courts.
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Prisoner Complaints About Conditions Increase Sevenfold in Lithuania
The number of complaints from prisoners about prison conditions has increased sevenfold in Lithuania since 2012. According to a judge from the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, in 2016 this court alone...
by Human Rights Monitoring Institute
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