XI) Discipline
comparison to 2013 (or even 80%, according to the document). More than 1,000 rewards had been
given in each of the preceding years.
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Number of rewards
in the prison
404
1,455
1,574
1,130
1,181
1,241
To eliminate distortion of the total number of rewards in a prison by changing numbers of convicts, I related the total numbers of rewards to the numbers of convicts in each prison in the years
2009-2014. 140 The result shows the number of rewards per convict in the prison concerned.
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Number of rewards
per convict
0.5
2.1
1.9
1.4
2.2
2.3
It follows from the above that, in statistical terms, in the past year each convict received an average of
2 rewards in a calendar year while in 2014 about a half of convicts were left without rewards and the
remaining half received an average of just 1 reward.
b) Disciplinary punishments
I again based my analysis on the data obtained from the prisons. The quality of these data suffers from
the fact that the composition of convicts in the individual prisons varies (in terms of types of prisons
as well as the convicts – including e.g. recidivists, convicts serving their first prison sentence, etc.).
Nevertheless, the data reveal certain trends. All the prisons visited show a reduction in disciplinary
punishments corresponding to the similar trend in disciplinary rewards.
Changes in the frequency of disciplinary punishments can be demonstrated on the case of the Karviná
Prison which showed a significant decrease in the number of punishments imposed, again year-to-year
from 2013 to 2014. The total year-to-year decrease in all disciplinary punishments imposed was 81%.
A substantial difference is revealed if we compare the 2014 data with those from 2013. While there
was one disciplinary punishment per 3.3 convicts in 2013, the figure in 2014 was one punishment per
14.9 convicts. Thus, the total number of disciplinary punishments imposed (regardless of the type 141)
decreased by a factor of 4.5.
It is understandable that the Prison Service adjusted the rules of disciplinary proceedings in response
to the broadened application of court review of decisions on the imposition of disciplinary punishments. 142 From the viewpoint of the staff with disciplinary powers, the proceedings became more
demanding in terms of procedure and hence the administrative burden. Educators (and other specialist
140
The Prison Service of the Czech Republic. Statistical Report of the Prison Service [online]. Available at: http://www.vscr.cz/generalni-reditelstvi-19/informacni-servis/ statistiky-a-udaje-103/.
141
142
Section 46 (3) of the Imprisonment Act.
SVOBODA, Milan. K soudnímu přezkumu rozhodnutí vydaných v kázeňském řízení proti odsouzenému (On Court Review of Decisions
Issued in Disciplinary Proceedings Against Convicts). Prague: Právní rozhledy, 13/2011, p. 476.
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