10.3. The authorities’ responses to the major measures taken by the NPM the central premises with 140 beds, the resocialisation of as many as 117 young persons who have committed or are being suspected of a crime took place, while the same was done for 48 youngsters at the 108-bed Nagykanizsa Unit. At the time of the visits, no youngsters receiving aftercare lived in either of the two institutions. The expert staff said that the above circumstance is explained by the fact that provisionally freed juveniles are not allowed to stay at the correctional facilities to receive aftercare. In his letter of September 11, 2018, the Minister of Justice203 informed me that he did not propose that the juveniles provisionally freed from correctional facilities receive aftercare. However, he thinks that it is a good idea that juveniles provisionally freed from correctional facilities should be provided housing in the aftercare units of reformatories, as long as this is the best solution for the young person concerned, either because of their pursuing studies, or due to the conserving force of supportive personal relationships. I have acknowledged that the Government wishes to create the statutory background of the solution proposed by the Minister of Justice by amending Act XXXI of 1997 on the Protection of Children and Guardianship Administration (hereinafter the “PCGA”). The relevant provision of PCGA took effect on January 1, 2019.204 In response to the proposal that I made regarding the creation of a central registry of illiterate detainees and the personalised measures taken by the institutions to eliminate illiteracy, the Minister of Justice said that in agreement with the Ministry of Human Capacities, he supports that the fact of illiteracy should also be registered in the Electronic School Diary Registry System, which was implemented in 2017, in addition to the data on family background. The Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion (hereinafter the „Secretary of State”) agreed that the compulsory education of young people raised in correctional facilities with no primary education should be extended. The related new provision of PCGA will take effect on January 1, 2020.205 203 204 205 Letter No. XX-AJFO/102//2018/5 of the Minister of Justice dated on September 11, 2018 was put on file in my Office under number AJB 493-39/2018. Section 66/Q (2) of the Gyvt stipulates that: “Care at the aftercare unit of the correctional facility can be provided, at his or her request, for a temporarily released juvenile as well.” Section 46 of Act CXVII of 2018 on the modification of the laws on social issues and child protection, as well as other related laws also contained provisions regarding the amendment. Section 66/M (4) of Gyvt stipulates that: “According to the provisions set out in the ministerial decree on the procedures of correctional facilities, a juvenile residing in a correctional facility, during his stay at the reformatory, is obliged to take part in training programmes aimed at the mastering of general knowledge, in harmony with his abilities and previous studies, as well as in the training programmes of further studies, vocational studies and studies promoting employment, provided by the reformatory. The correctional facility ensures the conditions required for the participation of the youngster in training.” Section 45 of Act CXVII of 2018 on the modification of the laws on social issues and child protection, as well as other related laws also contained provisions regarding the amendment. 103