The Prosecutor’s Workplace overturned the choice of the STT to not provoke an investigation into the institution of the midway home in Kaunas

“The choice of the STT to not begin a pre-trial investigation concerning the institution of the midway home in Kaunas has been annulled. This under no circumstances implies that a pre-trial investigation has already began, however, within the opinion of the prosecutor, not all of the circumstances specified within the assertion, particular factual information, which have to be evaluated, have been investigated”, it’s written 15min in a letter despatched to the editors by Rima Stabrauskienė, the elder of Kumpia and Šakiai villages.

The aforementioned decision handed by the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Workplace was additionally despatched.

Clarifies the circumstances

That such a call was made and made on January 29, 15min confirmed by Milda Butkutė, Chief Specialist of the Communications Division of the Basic Prosecutor’s Workplace.

“On January 29, the prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Workplace adopted a decision to cancel the choice of the Supreme Courtroom to refuse to begin a pre-trial investigation, which was adopted in keeping with the December 4, 2023 assertion of the Domeikava Ward group of the Kaunas district. It was requested to begin a pre-trial investigation concerning the actions of the Lithuanian Jail Service associated to the institution of a half-way home in Domeikava”, knowledgeable M. Butkutė.

In line with her, the pre-trial investigation establishment was instructed to carry out extra steps to make clear the circumstances acknowledged within the assertion.

As written within the decision adopted by the prosecutor’s workplace, in keeping with the prosecutor, not all questions raised within the assertion have been answered throughout the investigation. Considered one of such unanswered questions is said to the acquisition value of the constructing in query (the place the Kaunas half-way home is already positioned), which, as indicated, was nearly 100 thousand. euros greater than the quantity for which the constructing was offered on-line.

“It ought to be famous that the pre-trial investigation can’t be began for the time being, as a result of the recognized violations, within the opinion of the prosecutor, may be corrected on the stage of clarification of the assertion. If, throughout the clarification, it’s decided that there aren’t any alternatives to refute any of the arguments offered within the assertion in a reasoned method, a pre-trial investigation shall be initiated within the related half”, explains the decision adopted by the prosecutor’s workplace.

It has additionally been clarified that there isn’t any information on the truth that the Lithuanian Jail Service opened the Kaunas midway home on December 14 final 12 months, understanding in regards to the determination of the prosecutor of the Public Curiosity Safety Division of the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Workplace on the identical day, by which the Lithuanian Jail Service was warned to not perform such actions.

A whole lot protested

The story started final 12 months in November locally of Domeikava (Kaunas district) when the information unfold that within the village of Šakių, proper subsequent to the kindergarten and college, it’s deliberate to determine an open-type jail “Pusiaukele namai” and a probation service.

A couple of thousand residents united towards this authorities determination, started to gather signatures, with the assistance of attorneys, started to publicize the violations presumably dedicated by the authorities.

The primary concern of the group is the protection of kids. Collected 3,617 signatures of these once morest a midway home in such a densely populated space.

The authorized loopholes of the undertaking have been publicly acknowledged by the Minister of Justice Ewelina Dobrowolska herself.

Regardless of these protests, the Lithuanian Jail Council in Domeikava housed the primary convicts as early as mid-December, though January 2024 was talked regarding throughout the presentation of the undertaking to the general public. Presently, 10 convicts dwell in them.

Because the group publicly testified, they ignored the decision of the Lithuanian Jail Service and the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Workplace, which clearly states to not violate authorized acts.

The Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Workplace, to which the Domeikava group utilized for public curiosity safety, offered a particularly strict place. In sure instances, prosecutors, having purpose to imagine that the necessities of authorized acts have been violated, in protection of the general public curiosity, have the authority to warn a public official, civil servant or an individual equal to them, in order that they don’t violate authorized acts.

The next determination of the prosecutor’s workplace is ready out within the letter to the group: “Warn the Lithuanian Prisons Council to not violate authorized acts – with out altering the plot of land in Kaunas district. Domeikava Sen. Šakių village, Stumbro st. 3 of the use methodology, from the territory of business objects to the territory of public function, don’t begin the actions of the open-type punishment place “Midway Home” and Probation Companies, strictly adjust to the necessities of authorized acts and take all attainable measures to make sure public pursuits”.