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.
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