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with a semi-freedom regime for sentences of up to 5 years by penitentiary model that the Basque Government hopes to implement in Euskadi as of October 1 , the date on which it will assume responsibility for the management of prisons located in the autonomous community,contemplates the establishment of a regime of initial semi-freedom for sentences of up to five years. In addition, it provides for the possibility of creating mixed modules in which both sexes can coexist, and establishes that the treatment of ETA prisoners will be "substantially identical" to that received by the rest of the inmates. This Tuesday, the Basque Government sent to the regional Parliament the document 'Bases for the implementation of the penitentiary model of Euskadi', which defines the criteria that will guide its management of prisons once it assumes this competence, recognized in the Statute of Autonomy of Euskadi whose transfer was signed this past Monday between the central and Basque executives.
The document, collected by Europa Press, sets the objective of ensuring that "a greater number of people deprived of liberty serve their sentences in a regime of semi-freedom." The Basque Government also aspires to "improve the situation" of prisoners and achieve their "effective social inclusion." by Luxembourg Phone Number List sored links you may like Unsold Prefabricated Cabins Are Being Sold On Clearance (See Prices) Unsold Prefabricated Cabins BETTER “PROTECTION” OF VICTIMS To this end, it will try to obtain "a commitment and personal demand" from inmates who are in a process of reintegration or social inclusion. In turn, the measures that the regional Executive will promote will be aimed at "more adequately protecting the rights and interests of the victims." The text states that the reintegration of prisoners contributes to achieving "greater public security", given that "a person successfully inserted or included in society will respect criminal norms." In this sense, it is indicated that criminological studies "prove that there is less criminal recidivism if they access definitive freedom from those regimes.
Another of the goals set by the Basque Government is to ensure that citizens "have greater satisfaction and a better perception in relation to the penitentiary and penal execution system." Among other reflections, the Executive notes the need to take into consideration "the circumstances and needs of people with serious illnesses, as well as inmates over 70 years of age or with long sentences." Likewise, it is committed to the integration of inmates with mental illnesses in community health centers, even contemplating the possible admission of some convicted people "to appropriate hospital health centers." «REVALUIZE» THE ROLE OF OFFICIALS The autonomous Executive is in favor of promoting a process of "social revaluation of the function-work of officials in their work of resocialization of people deprived of liberty", as well as developing socio-labor insertion programs "that have continuity in the Network of Basque Reintegration.
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