Kaunas Remand Prison

The penal system in Lithuania is rather rotten and in need of radical reforms, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after reports about new violations in the Kaunas Remand Prison.

The Kaunas Remand Prison, which was recently scrutinized by a few control institutions and checked by the Lithuanian Justice Ministry, has been subjected to new checks after its chief accountant Rasa Kazėnienė again turned to the ministry.

Lithuania's Justice Vice-Minister Donatas Matuiza in charge of the prisons system resigned on Wednesday, the justice minister's spokeswoman confirmed to BNS.