V)  Prison overcrowding legislation, to adopt systematic measures aimed especially at preventing prison overcrowding. 41 I consider it appropriate to seek to rehabilitate offenders through their assuming responsibility and voluntarily remedying unlawful acts. In this sense, it is reasonable to review the existing penal policy and promote elements of restorative approach to the judicial system. 42 overcrowding should be addressed through systematic measures It must also be noted that despite the presidential amnesty of 1 January 2013, some types of prisons were full again by the end of 2014 and that overcrowding continues. The government thus failed to take advantage of the aforementioned general pardon to deal with the problem of high prison population. The penal policy also has not substantially changed and neither did treatment of convicts during imprisonment and after release in order to reduce recidivism. I recommend that the Ministry of Justice: •• Draws up a strategy changing the penal policy in the way of reducing the numbers of convicted persons, using elements of restorative justice; this should be implemented by the end of 2017. 41 Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. Recommendation to Member States No. R (99) 22 concerning prison overcrowding and prison population inflation [online]. Available at: http://www.ochrance.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/ochrana_osob/Umluvy/vezenstvi/R_99_22_ pre – plnenost_vezenskych_zarizeni.pdf. 42 ŠABATOVÁ, Anna. Proč máme stále přeplněné věznice? Zamyšlení nad trestní politikou ČR (Why are prisons always overcrowded? Thoughts on the penal policy of the Czech Republic). Fórum sociální politiky. 2012, Iss. 2, pp. 71-79. /20/