9.1. Children deprived of their liberty apply for aftercare only after having served the entire term of correctional education. Due to the above reason, juveniles who, on account of good behaviour, are discharged on temporary release prior to having served their entire term of correctional education may not apply for aftercare. Due to the above, I requested the amendment of Article 384(1) of Act CCXL of 2013 on the Enforcement of Penalties, Measures, Certain Coercive Measures and Detention for Misdemeanour (hereinafter the “Prison Code”). A landing in the Debrecen Reformatory of the MoHC In accordance with the regulations of the house rules, 100% of the detainees were participating in education at both correctional facilities. Unfortunately, those detainees who had exceeded the age of compulsory school attendance and did not wish to take part in school education were allowed – regardless of their educational attainment level – to attend only development classes. For the sake of the successful resocialization of the juveniles detained in correctional facilities, I recommended that they should not be subject to the general rules of compulsory education. According to the legal amendment that I proposed, for those juveniles detained in correctional facilities who have not finished primary school, primary education should be made compulsory even if they are no longer in the age of compulsory school attendance. The risk of recidivism among juvenile delinquents may be mitigated by intervening in the family dynamics. Despite the above, neither of the institutions took advantage of the opportunities provided by family consultations and family therapy sessions (among the contact forms granted by the Prison Code). In correctional facilities such occasions to meet must be requested by the juvenile or his/her legal representative, whereas in the case of juveniles detained in penitentiary institutions, decree-level regulations make it possible for the institutions, too, to initiate family therapy sessions. I recommended that the correctional facilities facilitate the propagation of these training forms by more efficient communication, and that by amending Minister of Human Capacities Decree 1/2015 (I. 14.) EMMI on the operation of reformatory institutions (hereinafter the “Operation Decree”), correctional facilities should also be provided an opportunity to make such initiatives. 67

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