Nuteistųjų pusiaukelės namų taikymo praktika Lietuvoje

Abstract

The article provides a definition of Halfway Houses and reveals their main tasks. Currently, halfway house for convicts is a special structural unit within correctional facilities (prison). The main task of the halfway houses is to ensure the continuity of social rehabilitation of convicts, combining it with the occupation activities (employment, education, studies), as well as intensively preparing the person for conditional release from the prison. It should be noted that half- way houses for convicts are not separate institutions of the penitentiary system, they do not have the legal entity status. Since 2016 about 400 convicts have been transferred to halfway houses in Lithuania. One of the indicators proving the effectiveness of halfway houses is the return of convicts to a semi-closed or closed regime of the institution. During the 2016-2021 (within 5 years) only 43 convicts were returned to prisons from halfway houses.