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"Mr President, I, too, wish to congratulate and thank the Polish Presidency on its important contribution to crucial issues over the past six months.
A few days ago, a gun was found in the hands of a Greek prisoner and a massive riot then broke out in the biggest prison in Greece. As a result of this incident – which is why I have raised it – the question of detention conditions in correctional facilities was again at the centre of public debate. Like most European prisons, Greek prisons are overcrowded. For example, the occupancy rate in Greece is approximately 142% and, as my colleagues said, the Member States have an obligation under the European Convention to maintain humane conditions and to comply with minimum specifications, such as those set out in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Convention on the Prevention of Torture and, of course, the Recommendation on the European Prison Rules.
However, in order for all this to happen and for us to be able to maintain a high level of respect for all detainees, we need to have appropriate infrastructures and, at a time when there are limited funds for creating new correctional facilities, and we all understand this in the midst of the present crisis, I should like to take advantage of the Commission’s presence to ask for an answer to the following question: is it feasible to release funds from various funds for this purpose, to create new correctional facilities in the Member States?"@en1
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