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A prosecutor seeks two-year imprisonment for police officer Darius Šerpytis charged with killing a woman in Vilnius district when on duty a year ago.

A union of prison officers organised a march and a rally outside the Seimas in Vilnius on Tuesday to draw attention to the problems of the penal system. The officers warn of cases are being built against them and ask higher pay rise.

Vilnius Regional Court on Friday sentenced Mantas Danielius, resident of Vilnius, to nine years in prison for spying for Belarus.

Lithuania's state enterprise Turto Bankas (Property Bank) plans to hold creative workshops next year on the use of territory of the vacated prison in central Vilnius.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting with Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius on Friday to discuss the future use of a former prison complex in the heart of the capital and funding for a national stadium project.

Lukiskes Remand Prison, situated in central Vilnius, will be vacated in early July, six months earlier then planned, Lithuanian Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevicius announced on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs decided on Wednesday to submit a draft law granting amnesty to some prisoners to the full Seimas for consideration, despite legal experts warning that it may run counter to the Constitution.

400-450 inmates would be affected by proposed amnesty in Lithuania, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius said on Tuesday after meeting with Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

Lithuania violates the rights of prisoners serving life sentences by depriving them of any hope of release, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė on Wednesday said she sacked Edvardas Kviatkauskas from director of the Kaunas Remand Prison over gross violations after an in-service check.

Andrei Oshurkov, a former military paramedic convicted of spying for Belarus, is to receive 1,500 euros in compensation from the Lithuanian state for non-material damage he suffered while waiting for his sentence in an overcrowded prison cell.

A report by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) criticizes Lithuania for failing to improve living conditions in the country's prisons, legislate gender reassignment and pass legislation allowing the impeached former president Rolandas Paksas to run for office.

Lithuania's first halfway house is opening in Alytus on Friday.

A man arrested in Malta on Lithuania-issued arrest warrant is fighting extradition, saying conditions in Lithuanian prisons are inhumane.

Having received his release papers from the prison’s management, on an average day of the Baltic autumn Rimantas Muka (31) moved through the gates of Alytus prison in Lithuania. He bought a kebab and a soda at a nearby kiosk. He just stood there and ate, waiting. Muka thought that the autumn morning...

Using Norway's experience as inspiration, Lithuania will establish halfway houses in four locations for prison inmates who are about to complete their sentences.