CAT/OP/POL/CSPRO/1 Chart 5 Paid employment in 2015–2018 19000 17714 17000 15913 15000 13000 16979 12459 11000 9000 9843 7000 12/2015 12/2016 12/2017 06/2018 12/2018 100. The total number of prisoners in paid employment increased from 9,843 at the end of 2015 to 17,714 at the end of 2018, i.e. by 80%. Chart 6 Unpaid employment in 2015–2018 25000 20000 15000 19922 18653 17330 19364 14205 10000 5000 0 12/2015 12/2016 12/2017 06/2018 12/2018 Unpaid employment 101. The total number of prisoners in unpaid employment increased from 14,205 at the end of 2015 to 19,364 at the end of 2018, i.e. by 36%. Employment for prisoners with child maintenance liabilities 102. Since the governmental ‘Employment for Prisoners’ programme was launched, a considerable increase in the rate and the number of paid employed prisoners with child maintenance liabilities has been witnessed. 103. The rate of employment among prisoners with child maintenance liabilities: – in 2015 on average 3,797 prisoners per month (26.90%), while at the end of 2018 – 6,269 prisoners (50.70%). This means the increase of 2,500 people and the increase of employment rate by almost 24%. 25