Certainly, there may be an interest of other Member States or rather of society as a whole that certain offenders are kept in prison for a certain period, notably with regard to prevention, but it appears difficult to charge prison costs to society as a whole. Thus, the basic rule could be that it is the issuing Membe
r State that has to bear the cost of imprisonment". On the other hand, reintegrating the sentenced person in society in the State of enforcement - which is the sentenced perso
n's Member State of habitual residence - is also ...[+++] in the interests of the latter State.Ainsi, la règle de base pourrait consister à mettre les coûts d'emprisonnement à la charge de l'État membre qui rend la décision». D'autre part, la réintégration du condamné dans la société de l'État d'exécution - qui est l'État membre de la résidence habituelle du condamné - sert aussi l'intérêt de ce dernier État.