recommendations • The benefits of the FD ESO and FD PAS should be promoted amongst judges, prosecutors and practitioners. • More training is required for judges, prosecutors, practitioners, NHRIs and NPMs on the practical application of FDs TOP, PAS and ESO. This also includes the circulation of a dedicated handbook on the practical operation of those FDs. • Two of the Member St ates participating in the Expert Group on FD TOP noted that they arranged to have the entirety of the judgment translated into the language of the executing authority from the outset, citing that it reduced delays in the longs run. This good practice should be considered across the board. • It was also identified during the course of the project that it would be useful if there was one website, database or search tool, dedicated to providing access to updated information on the following: competent authorities and contact information, applicable law for each state regarding conditional/early release, information on prison conditions, reports from CPT, NPMs, judgments, applicable law for each state regarding probation and other alternative sanctions. It would have to be considered, that such website would have to be available in all official EU languages. • A comprehensive collection of data should be undertaken to evaluate the current status of the application of FD TOP, FD ESO, and FD PAS on probation and alternative sanctions, with consideration of good practices working towards the publication of a handbook on each of the Framework Decisions. • Promoting the use of alternatives to detention where appropriate, including reducing pre-trial detention, and implementing post sentencing supervision measures in order to achieve rehabilitation with a view to reducing recidivism, and addressing systemic overcrowding in prisons. • Member States that have not yet implemented the FD TOP an FD ESO should without any further delay implement these Framework Decisions and set up appropriate channels and mechanisms to ensure their application. 62