Dutch prisons

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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Crime
Man gets six months prison for group beating at Amsterdam metro station
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The entrance to the Vught Penitentiary Institution, including the ultra-secure EBI prison ward. Feb. 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch advisory council warns hardline prison policies may backfire
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
Dutch budget deal freezes social rent, adds childcare money; Boosts Defense spending
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
HealthBusiness
Systemic failures in Dutch women’s prisons leave inmates without critical medical care
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Politics
Parliament vote for plan to release prisoners two weeks early ends in a tie
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File photo of the Justitieel Complex Zaanstad, a prison facility in Noord-Holland. 30 May 2017
CrimePolitics
Dutch prisons too full, convicts to get early release to make space
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Crime
Staff shortages raise concerns over safety in Dutch prisons