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Prisons in UK and Lithuania

United Kingdom

There are more than 85000 prisoners in about 160 jails in the UK. The vast majority of them are in England and Wales, where more than 77000 prisoners are held. There categories of prisoners are: A, B, C, D.
For checking identities and monitoring numbers is responsible reception. New arrivals are strip searched and issued with prison clothes. They are seen by nurse, to identify those coming off drugs, on medication or feeling suicidal.
Accommodation varies between prisons, ranging from single cells to dormitories. A typical wing will also include recreation areas and a food survey. Cells have toilets and prisoners are allowed TVs.
All prisoners have access to education. With jails offering a mix of course, including vocational qualifications. There is significant take-up of English lessons among the many foreign prisoners.
Prisoners have breakfast, lunch and an evening meal cost an average of 1.87 per prisoner per day. Many jails no longer have dinning halls and prisoners will often eat in their cells.
All prisoners have sport facilities to encourage exercise and good health among prisoners.
Facilities for visitors vary, but many prisons have a waiting area with basic amenities. Prison staff make sure that a visit is allowed and that visitors have the right paperwork. Most visits take place in a designated room. Family visits, with toys and a play area for children are held once a month.

Lithuania

There is one jail, even 52 correctional inspections, 17 correctional institutions. And there are about 11000 convicted by imprisonment.
In reception all prisoners are taken in checking station. Then quarantine starts. During this time (10 days) prisoners state and behavior are identify in order to decide in which group of prisoners he/she should be: simply, easy or disciplinary.
Prisoners live in cells where they sleep, pass most of their time and even have a toilet. Of course, there are areas of recreation, showers and canteen. They are allowed to have computers but not internet because of relation with society.
All prisoners have access to education and even high education. There are prisoners, who studying at university. They have lessons once a week, when teacher come to prison and held a lecture.
Food is given for prisoners for free three times per day in canteen. If prisoners have their own money, their can buy some food in the shop, which is in prison.
Prisons include no exercises, prisoners have only area, where they can walk, breath fresh air and be outside.
In prisons there are visiting areas for short visiting (4 hours) and for long visiting (2 days)
All visitors before allowed to go to prison are checked and must show document of identity.

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