Death threats towards prisoner in Heerhugowaard jail; €50,000 bounty for his death

There have been “signals” suggesting that there has been a threat towards a prisoner in the jail in Heerhugowaard. A spokesperson for the Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) confirmed an initial report by De Telegraaf on Tuesday.

De Telegraaf reported that the prison took measures after they had received a warning that an attack on a prisoner was coming. Allegedly, 50,000 euros has been paid for the man to be killed.

The DJI could not give any details about the threat and said that the situation is being “followed closely.” The spokesperson said that the DJI could not give any more details about this due to safety and privacy concerns.

The report claimed that three or four prisoners were intending to stab the man if he went towards the imam of the Noord-Holland prison at around 1 p.m. The alleged target apparently has a bounty on his head, the newspaper reported, but they do not know why this is the case.

The spokesperson for the DJI stated that the service “sadly has to deal with threats towards inmates regularly. These are signals that are taken very seriously by us. We have protocols to ensure that we can guarantee the inmate's safety,” the spokesperson said.

It was not reported which measures the prison has taken to ensure the safety of the inmate in question.