G. Floridis: Two hours of community service a day in jail

A new system to convert short sentences of not more than two years into community service has been proposed by the Law Minister George Floridis and Deputy Minister Ioannis Bugas.

“For sentences not exceeding two years, it is provided for the possibility of commutation to community service at the request of the convicted person, which is not sufficient to prevent the court judges, with special justification, from committing other crimes. . A penalty of two hours is equivalent to each day of imprisonmentHence 10 months (300 days) imprisonment was imposed Must render 600 hours of community service“, Mr. Floridis pointed out.

Mr. As mentioned by Floridis, there is no infrastructure yet to implement a social work agency in our country. A digital platform is now being developed to regulate the conversion of minor and minor fines into community service at a nationwide level”.

According to the Minister of Justice, 1,520 public bodies have joined the platform, NPDD, OTA, Hospitals etc. And 339 job categories are expected.

The process will be controlled by the Supervisory Board The leader would be the prosecutor to carry out the punishments of Athens and its other members shall be lawyers and other public officers. Mr. As Floridis pointed out, about the operating system of the platform “No cost, only benefit to the state».

The possibility of commuting sentences will begin once the amendments to the Criminal Code come into force, i.e. after the Bill, which is now in public consultation, is passed by Parliament.

How it works

Once a court order imposing community service becomes enforceable, it will be notified by a qualified attorney Service of Social Assistance Administrators. The latter creates a personal file of the convicted person, in which the necessary documents are recorded and invites him to direct contact through a personal interview to obtain his social history and evaluate his personal, economic and social characteristics. The proposal of his/her selection system will be tailored and customized by a qualified social welfare supervisor.

A relevant report is then drawn up (via a form in the digital application) which is submitted to the competent attorney for execution of sentences. The latter, if he agrees, orders the YEKA of the place of social service to implement the decision, Select the carrier and set the start time of the order within 30 days.

After selecting a social service provider, a social service contract is concluded between the convicted person and the service provider, which is signed by the third party YEKA (where the social service is provided), i.e. the social assistance appointed by the commissioner responsible for supervising the execution of the relevant work.

Throughout the period of social service delivery, its consistent and uninterrupted provision is ensured by maintaining the attendance register and regular and extraordinary checks carried out by the monitoring social assistance supervisors. After completing the community service, YEKA submits a completion report to the executioner’s attorney.

If the provision of employment is unreasonably interrupted or improperly provided, the public prosecutor for the enforcement of the penalty shall be notified, depending on the severity of the violation, the benefit may be canceled and the actual service of the penalty may be ordered. punishment”

Cameras in stadiums

On suppressing violence in stadiums, Mr. Floridis insisted after the cameras were installed in stadiums. The cameras are checked for working two days before the scheduled matches and again on the day of the match. If the cameras are not working on the day of the match, the next match will be behind closed doors.

Source: RES-MPE