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12 Amendments of Harald VILIMSKY related to 2015/2062(INI)

Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas prison conditions and prison management are responsibilities of the Member States but the Union also has a necessary role to play in protecting the fundamental rights of prisoners and in creating the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice;.
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas alternative sanctions should be prioritised in the case of prisoners who do not present a serious danger to society, thus keeping them in an open environment and giving them better access to social services, care and reintegration;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, according to Council of Europe figures for 2014, on average 20% disproportional amount of prisoners in European prisonsthe EU are foreigners and; whereas they ar EU's open border policy attracts a substantive amosunt often remanded in custody because of the greater risk of absconding associated with them criminals from third countries; whereas Schengen has greatly benefited transnational activities of organized crime;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas radicaliszation of Muslims is occurring in many prisons in the European Union;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that overcrowding of prisons, which is in many cases related to the disproportionally high number of third country nationals present in the EU and which is very common in Europe’s prisons, particularly in Greece, France, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia and Romania, in many cases has a serious impact on the safety of prison staff and prisoners, but also with regard to the activities made available, medical care and monitoring of prisoners;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that increasing prisons’ capacity is not the sole solution to overcrowding, as the prison population tends to rise at the same rate as prison capacity; calls nonetheless on Member States to allocate appropriate resources to refurbishment and modernisation of prisons in order to protect the rights of prisoners; recalls that the Commission recently mentioned the possibility of drawing on the Structural Funds of the European Union;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to adopt non-custodial measures as an alternative to detention and calls on them to ensure that, in addition to the punitive aspect of imprisonment, attention is also devoted to more educational and social aspects, in order to enable punishment to be managed better, make a success of social reintegration and reduce recidivism; draws attention in this connection to the good practices which exist in the Scandinavian countries;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Reaffirms the importance of ensuring that children in prison are treated in a manner that takes into account their best interests, including being kept separate from adults and having the right to maintain contact with their families; recalls that Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children includes a preference for alternative measureStresses that the controlling of external and internal borders is imperative to prevent criminals entering nation states and is an effective means to prevent overcrowding of some Member States' prisons;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to combat the growing phenomenon of radicalisation of Muslims in prison;
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the European Union Institutions to take the necessary measures in their fields of competence to ensure respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of prisoners, particularly vulnerable individuals, including the adoption of common minimum standards of detention in all Member States;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to adopt a European Prisons Charter, in accordance with Council of Europe Recommendation 1656/2004;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States to promote policies to reintegrate prisoners into civil life and to establish policies on monitoring and adjustment of penalties;deleted
2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE