Uitspraak
RECHTBANK AMSTERDAM
INTERNATIONALE RECHTSHULPKAMER
the Prosecutor General Office of the Republic of Latvia, Letland, hierna: de uitvaardigende justitiële autoriteit en strekt tot de aanhouding en overlevering van:
1.Procesgang
2.Identiteit van de opgeëiste persoon
3.Artikel 11 OLW; detentieomstandigheden
caste-system in Latvian prisons?" the Administration informs that no such plan has been developed. In response to the question "[..] Is the psychological climate among prisoners also monitored? If yes, in what ways?" the Administration informs that prison staff carry out supervision and control over, for example, any bodily injuries, daily traumas, and also those bodily injuries inflicted as a result of the mutual conflicts between prisoners. The officials of prisons, during their daily check-up of cells (units), carry out the monitoring of not only the visual appearance of prisoners (traumas, bodily injuries) but also the psychological climate in the cell. In case of necessity the officials can take the required steps for solving the situation at hand. It shall be noted that prisoners, for example, in case of worries, stress, psychological or emotional hardships may apply to the prison administration, officials, employees (including the medical practitioners and psychologist of the place of imprisonment), to inform about any specific situation at hand, and to ask fora solution toa stress situation. Namely, any prisoner is entitled to apply to the administration of a place of imprisonment, and to request their assistance, protection against a person who in any form of expression may endanger or is endangering one's health.”
- there have been established commissions responsible for the distribution of imprisoned persons, which place the imprisoned persons in compliance with specific medical, security and crime prevention criteria;
- premises are being renovated and repaired as much as it is possible; as a result of the renovations and repairs, the number of imprisoned persons located in one cell is being reduced;
- during the renovation, both living conditions are improved and security risks of any prohibited objects and substances being brought into the cells are eliminated, which, in its turn, reduces both the violence in prisons and the supporting of the prisoners' subculture;
- there is a separate place for serving the sentence of imprisonment intended specifically for former employees of the law enforcement institutions, namely, the Special Department of Riga Central Prison, where they serve their sentences separately from other convicted persons;
- in case of any danger, the relevant person is immediately transferred to another cell, but if the danger is very significant, then the relevant person can also be transferred to another prison. In special cases, when a person provides his/her testimony in a criminal procedure, there may be also applied measures of special procedural protection by placing the relevant person separately from other convicted persons.”