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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

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the situation in the prisons of certain Member States is cause for concern~~, as demonstrated by reports such as those of the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture~~ because it threatens the ‘certainty of legal punishment’;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas pardons are considered a deeply unjust and wrongful practice, which not only threaten the ‘certainty of legal punishment’ but also are detrimental to the social coherence of a society;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, according to Council of Europe figures for 2014, on average as many as 20% of prisoners in European prisons are foreigners ~~and whereas they are most often remanded in custody because of the greater risk of absc~~(although they account for much less than half the total populationd in~~g associated with them~~ percentage terms);

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the very worrying phenomenon of radicalisation is occurring in many prisons in the European Union;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its concern about prison conditions in certain Member States~~; calls on Member States to comply with the rules on detention derived from the instruments of international law and Council of Europe standards~~ which threaten the ‘certainty of legal punishment’;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on Member States to abide by the specific recommendations concerning prison conditions for vulnerable detainees; deplores the fact that people who are mentally ill sometimes are, and remain, imprisoned simply because of the lack of appropriate services elsewhere, and recalls that, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the inadequate treatment of people who are mentally ill may constitute a breach of Article 3 ECHR and Article 2 ECHR (the right to life) in the case of prisoners who are suicidal;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on Member States to ~~abide by the recommendations in force concerning~~ enter into bilateral agreements with third countries withe t~~reatment of foreign prisoners, based on their right not to suffer discriminatio~~he aim of allowing foreign prisoners to serve their sentences in their countries of origin;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on Member States to strenuously combat the growing phenomenon of radicalisation in prison and to impose exemplary sentences on those responsible for terrorist acts or those involved in terrorist acts;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that consideration for and training of prison staff is essential in order to ensure good detention conditions in prison, and encourages Member States to share information and good practices; to this end, calls for a General Assembly of Prison Administrations to be convened;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

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

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

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

18 Amendments of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2015/2062(INI)

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