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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I naturally wish to thank all the speakers for an extremely enriching and interesting debate. I am not the Commissioner responsible for this issue. I will not deny, however, that I was extremely encouraged and interested in this debate. Many personal ideas have come to mind, and that is undeniable proof that you have captured my interest on a subject that is obviously extremely important.
In order to overcome the obstacles to the reintegration of female prisoners into society and the job market, we must obviously again stress the need to combine implementing measures and an adapted safety net. This will require the involvement of all interested parties, including the social partners.
The Commission intends to continue examining social inclusion issues with the Member States in accordance with the open method of coordination. Indeed, many of the proposals tabled here – which, of course, I will pass on to Commissioner Špidla – have attracted my attention. For instance, the idea that already exists in several countries of trying, where possible, to find alternative sentences – when the person in prison does not represent any danger to society – is certainly a very interesting approach. I am also thinking, although here I am speaking freely, about the use of electronic tags that allow people to leave prison and live with their families. There are many elements to be examined in relation to this issue, for what I have heard here is quite right too: imprisonment is above all an act of social reconciliation, of course, and so efforts must also be made to make this act of reintegration into society a positive element. I was also very interested in the comments made by Mrs Záborská – which were echoed in different ways by a number of speakers – on the whole issue of family ties and ties to children, which, of course, require some extremely specific approaches.
Hygiene in prisons, health care, sexual preferences, sexual abuse and sexual violence are also subjects I am familiar with, of course, through my work as Commissioner for Development, even if I am not responsible for this particular issue. Naturally I regularly visit prisons in developing countries. I can assure you, therefore, that I am certainly in a position to appreciate these matters.
In any case, I will not fail to report back to Commissioner Špidla on this excellent debate and the excellent ideas I have heard here; I know that he is extremely interested in these matters."@en1
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