He said the number of prisoners is expected to be slightly increasing in the next years. The ministry wanted to increase the portion of inmates working from the current 60 percent to 65 percent, Pospisil said. In August, the ministry plans to open a new private prison for some 460 inmates in Rapotice near Brno, south Moravia. In December, new rooms are to be opened in two other Czech prisons.
A facility for mothers with children is to be extended, too. The government earmarked 260 million crowns for prison infrastructure. Statistical data show that prisoners who had a job were less likely to become repeat criminals. The money prisoners earn in Czech soccer hooligans may be punished during match at stadium ...
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Ten foreigners injured in Czech record pile-up ... their jobs can by used to pay the damage incurred by their criminal activities. The ministry also plans to increase the number of the Prison Service employees by 337 to 11,144 in 2009. ($1=15.775 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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