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Developments in Lithuania. Regimantas Mik aliūnas 2014-06-05. The Prison Department – is the institution under the Ministry of Justice. The mission is a systematic supervision of the Probation Service and the control of penitentiary institutions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Developments in Lithuania
Regimantas Mikaliūnas2014-06-05
The Prison Department – is the institution under the Ministry of Justice.
The mission is a systematic supervision of the Probation Service and the control of penitentiary institutions.
The aims of the Prison Department is to participate in the process of the sentence administration and the formation of the policy of the probation, in order to coordinate and control the appropriate and equal sentence administration (except for fines), such as punitive measures (except for the attainder and the deposits for the fund for the aggrieved against crime), educational measures (except for the handover to a special educational institution), and the detention measure, i.e. arrest in the institutions under the Prison Department, without prejudice to personal liberty.
The Prison Department administers an equal methodical regulation.
Cooperation More natural and non-formal communication and
the division of experience between penitentiary institutions.
The equal methodology of the risk evaluation of re-offending (OASY).
Probation officers participate in Conditional release committees.
The move of the officers is simpler and the opportunity of the career is warrant.
The Advantages
The Coordinational Council of Probation
The Director of the Prison Department
The Deputy of the Director
Šiauliai Regional Probation Service
Panevėžys Regional Probation Service
Vilnius Regional Probation Service
Kaunas Regional Probation Service
Klaipėda Regional Probation Service
The Scheme of the Probation System in Lithuania
State officers work in the Probation Service in Lithuania. The status provides them not only some privileges but duties as well. The officers at work use authoritative commissions on the persons who are not subordinate:
test alcohol (use alcohol testers) or drug intoxication (use urine tests);
can impose an electronic monitoring for a particular period of time when a client is forbidden to leave his/her home (according to client‘s personal characteristics and other circumstances);
The Status of the Officers
the balance of the re-socialisation of the client under probation supervision and the security of the society;
the individualisation of the probation measures; respect to personal liberty, minimal intervention and
proportion; cooperation, the stimulation to become volunteers. The
activities - social consultations, law consultations; sessions “Work search and self-presentation for an employer”,sessions “Financial management”, individual cases.
participation in the events organised by the Probation Service;
the realisation of restorative justice;
The Probation Statement (July 1, 2012) created more functions for the officers and assumptions for more qualitative work. The Probation is based on these principles:
the administration of the measures including the reduction of risk and the elimination of criminal factors;
individual and group work with the client under supervision in order to motivate and stimulate his/her abilities to live without committing crime and the client’s social integration;
the meeting of the client‘s spiritual and social demands;
social help to solve the client‘s personal and social problems;
The Forms of Re-socialization
the development of social abilities; the realisation of the programs on the correction
of behaviour; individual and group psychotherapy; psychological help; the realisation of restorative measures in order to
reconcile the victim and the client under probation supervision and compensate the interest.
The Forms of Re-socialization
The program on the correction of behaviour (Behaviour - Dialogue - Change) (56 officers were instructed) in 2013, 1680 people participated in the program, 1589 (71,3%) of them participated till the end of the program. „One to one“ (11 officers were instructed), 102 people participated in the program, 65 (63,7%) of them participated till the end of the program. Equip (for juveniles) (14 officers were instructed) 92 people participated in the program, 73 (79, 3%) of them participated till the end of the program. The ones who participated in „One to one“ and Equip committed no criminal work afterwards.
The Measures Used by the Probation Service
The measures of electronic monitoring; The equal methodology of the risk
evaluation of re-offending (OASY)
The Measures Used by the Probation Service
the methodology of the risk evaluation of juvenile reoffending;
the program of intervention for violence at home;
The Measures are being Implanted or is Planned to be Implanted:
Community service up to 240 hrs for criminal offence and up to 480 hrs for a crime committed;
Restriction of freedom for the period from 3 months to 2 years; Suspension of sentence for the period up to 3 years with
imposed obligations; Conditional release; Conditional release with application of electronic monitoring
(intense supervision); Punitive measures (to participate in the programs on the
correction of behaviour, 20-100 hrs unpaid work, compensate the interest etc.)
Educational measures are administered for juveniles (to stay at home at a particular time, study, to work 20-100hrs unpaid work, to have a treatment etc.)
Sentences and Other Punitive Measures
To work, study or register in the jobcentre; To compensate the interest; Work up to 20-100 unpaid work; Do not socialize with particular people or
groups of people; Not to use drugs; Not to visit particular places; To undergo a treatment course for drugs;
Obligations for the Clients under Probation Supervision
To participate in the programs on the correction of violent or problematic behaviour;
To stay at home at a particular time; Not to visit particular places and not to
socialize with particular people; Not to leave the territory of residence
(town, district) without the permission of the probation institution.
Obligations for the Clients under Probation Supervision
Probation Service (2013)
21622 clients
Penitentiary Institutions
(2013)18007 clients
The Number of the Clients under Probation Service and in the Penitentiary Institutions
Probation Service (2013)
3 275 362 euros 1 client per day –
1,03 euro
Penitentiary Institutions (2013)
46 289 855 euros1 client per day –
13,82 euro
Expense
3793 staff work in the system of punishment administration.
255 staff works in the probation service:~ 37 administration staff;
~ 6 psychologists;~ others - 12 the probation officers who work with the clients under the probation supervision;
Higher non-university education, preferably on social sciences, is mandatory for the probation officers.
Staff
71% of staff are women and 29% - men in the probation service;
The experience in the Probation service:◦ 17 % up to 3 years;◦ 45% from3 up to 10 years;◦ 24% from 10 up to 15 years;◦ 14% more than 15 years (according to the
information, one can notice that 45% and 38% of the officers are experienced and very experienced officers)
The Data Analysis on the Probation Service Staff Fulfilled by The Prison Department in 2013
Higher university education: 76% of the officers in social sciences, 2,5% - humane studies, 11% - others;
Higher non-university education: 9% of the officers in social sciences, 0% - humane studies, 1, 5 % - others.
Staff Distribution According to Education
One probation officer supervises about 43, 3 clients under probation supervision.
This number depends on the territory or
other circumstances and may rise up to 50-80 clients under probation supervision.
Caseload per 1 Probation Officer
Makes the conclusions on the social research; Assesses the risk of repeating criminality; Plans the supervision and realizes it; Meets the clients in the probation office or at
their homes (In 2013 the probation officers visited the clients under probation supervision in their homes for 34007 times)
Communicates with the client‘s family members, relatives, victims;
Motivates the client for positive social changes and supports the client‘s motivation;
Officer‘s Functions
Meets and contacts social partners; Applies to the court; Supervises the fulfilment of court obligations; Controls the use of alcohol and drugs; Administers the programs on the correction of
behaviour; Reports statistic and other activities; Makes the conclusions of the social research on
the potential use of Intense Supervision; Participates in the committee of conditional
release.
Officer‘s Functions
2011 2012 2013
18641 20624 21622
20641916 1741
The Number of the Clients under the Probation Supervision in 2011-2013
The Number of the Clients under the Probation Supervision in 2011-2013 (according to sex)
2011 2012 20130
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
1672218439
19388
19192185
2234
The target index in 2013 – 50 % of the clients under probation supervision who completed the programs on the correction of behaviour.
The index obtained – 71, 4 % of the clients under probation supervision who completed the programs on the correction of behaviour (the target index is obtained)
In 2013, 2227 former clients under the probation supervision participated in the programs on the correction of behaviour (the target index is obtained) (in 2012 – 1920), even 1680 of them participated in the programs on the correction of violent behaviour. The number of these clients increased 14 %.
The Number of the Clients under Probation Supervision who have Completed the Programs on the Correction of Behaviour
In 2013, intense supervision was imposed on 83 persons. It was extended for 10 persons.
Intense Supervision has been imposed on 107 persons since July 1, 2013 (The Probation Law)
Electronic monitoring has been imposed on 34 persons to control the prohibition to leave home at a particular time (exceptions for work and study)
Conditional Release with Application of Electronic Monitoring (Intense Supervision)
In 2012, 974 clients(11,3%) under probation supervision who avoid to serve the sentence.
In 2013, 1146 clients(12,7%) under probation supervision who avoid to serve the sentence.
The Number of Persons who Avoid to Serve the Sentence
In 2013 3320 (37,1%) of the clients under Probation Supervision worked and 1163 (13%) of them studied, 2713 (30,3%) participated in the programs organized by jobcentres.
The index obtained- 50 % (target index 48%).
The Number of the Clients under Probation Supervision who Work or Study
In 2013, target index – 90 % of the juveniles under probation supervision who study.
The index obtained – 93,6 % of the juveniles under probation supervision who study (the target index is obtained).
The Number of the Juveniles under Probation Supervision who Study
In 2013, the clients under probation service compensated the interest of 925219 euros.
The target index in 2013 – 56% of the client sunder probation supervision compensated the interest.
The index obtained – 61,6 % of the client sunder probation supervision compensated the interest. (the target index is obtained)
The Compensation of the Interest