VI)  Employment of convicts latter was 77.8 47, then real employment drops to 27.1% in the period in question when taking this parameter into account. Status of convict Permanently unemployable Employed Receiving education Receiving therapy Working without remuneration Unemployed Percentage of all convicts 18.1% 34.8% 4.2% 4.3% 4.6% 34% I consider it important to stress that the number of employed convicts (working and entitled to remuneration for work) is the same as that of unemployed convicts. In other words, 34% of all convicts do not work in any way (with or without remuneration for work, as participants in education or therapy). While there are certain limits to the employment of convicts, such as limited possibility to allow them to work outside guarded prison premises (to avoid misuse), it is most desirable to aim at increasing their employment rates. I recommend that the Ministry of Justice: •• In co-operation with the other Ministries, seeks for possible ways of supporting the employment of convicts, for example by applying Section 18 (4)(b) of the Public Procurement Act. 48 2) Work without entitlement to remuneration for work Under Section 32 (2) of the Imprisonment Rules, cleaning and other similar activities required for ensuring everyday functioning of a prison are not included in working hours; as a rule, such activities are performed by all convicts, with a duty to do so without entitlement to remuneration for work (so-called work without remuneration or internally organised work). Five selected prisons (Jiřice, Příbram, Karviná, Břeclav and Nové Sedlo) of the seven visited facilities provided varying information on the positions in which they employ convicts without entitlement to remuneration for work. This indicates that the same work is remunerated in some prisons and performed without remuneration in others. All the prisons employed convicts (with entitlement to remuneration for work) as cooks, cleaners, storekeepers and workshop operators. Only the Příbram Prison had a non-convict employee working as a librarian. Unlike the remaining three prisons, Příbram and Karviná did not employ a barber. Unlike the remaining three prisons, Karviná and Břeclav did not employ a waste handling operator. The data 47 Ibid. 48 A contracting authority does not have the duty to award contracts under the aforesaid Act insofar as they are below-the-threshold public contracts for construction work, supplies or services provided to the Czech Republic by the Prison Service of the Czech Republic. /22/