12 Amendments of Birgit SIPPEL related to 2015/2062(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas prisons are intended to confine offenders in secure and humane conditions. The purpose of prisons should always include education, penalty, rehabilitation as well as protection of society. Rehabilitation and intervention programmes both in prisons and for offenders under probation should have the objective of supporting re-integration of offenders back into society;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas overcrowding in prisons is a recurrent problem in the Union and whereas the European Court of Human Rights has regarded it as a breach of Article 3 ECHR; overcrowding is particularly detrimental to inmates because it can lead to self-harm or violent behaviour. It can also have adverse effects on the health conditions and wellbeing of the detainees, increasing the prevalence of particularly infectious diseases and psychiatric disorders. Overall, overcrowding is an obstacle to the purpose of social rehabilitation, which is a founding value of penitentiary systems. Overcrowding can also contribute to an unsafe and unhealthy working environment for penitentiary staff;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas an efficient penitentiary administration should receive adequate funds and staff to carry out its security and rehabilitation mission;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas penitentiary staff carry out an essential function on behalf of the community and should have conditions of employment befitting their qualifications and which take account of the demanding nature of their work;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that in some Member States juvenile offenders are detained in facilities together with adults, exposing them to the risk of abuse and violence and depriving them of the specific care that such a vulnerable group needs;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Expresses concerns about cases in which detained minors were denied access to education due mainly to the absence of places and a lack of staff in the facilities;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Encourages Member States to offer meaningful activities such as educational training or work opportunities according to international standards to all prisoners, with a view to re-socialising inmates and providing tools for a crime free life after the conviction period;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists than an efficient long term management of penitentiary systems should be implemented, reducing the number of prisoners by more frequent use of non-custodial punitive measures and minimizing the recourse to pre-trial detention;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to carry out a comparative study to analyse Member States' alternative measures and to draft proposals for possible harmonization and diffusion of national best practices;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on Member States to provide support, adequate resources, targeted training, safety and supervision to penitentiary authorities at all levels and especially to frontline staff closely working with juvenile offenders and radicalised inmates. In particular, staff shall be adequately trained to detect signs of radicalisation at an early stage;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses that staff serving in prisons carry out a highly demanding work on behalf of the community, and shall therefore have adequate remuneration and proper working conditions including free psychological counselling and dedicated helplines designed to provide support to staff facing problems likely to affect their work;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Commission to publish detailed reports on the situation of prisons in Europe every five years since the approval of this INI report, including in depth analysis on the level of education and trainings provided to inmates and assessment of the results (including reiteration rates) achieved using alternative measures to detention;