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Vught prison

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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Crime
Authorities struggle to manage inmate who held staff hostage in Vught prison
14 December 2025 - 12:15
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The entrance to the Vught Penitentiary Institution, including the ultra-secure EBI prison ward. Feb. 2024
Crime
Vught prison hostage situation unfolds: Suspect convicted in Ede cafe hostage incident
5 December 2025 - 17:50
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The entrance to the Vught Penitentiary Institution, including the ultra-secure EBI prison ward. Feb. 2024
Crime
Taghi denies using newly arrested lawyer to pass messages from high-security prison
12 April 2025 - 14:40
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The entrance to the Vught Penitentiary Institution, including the ultra-secure EBI prison ward. Feb. 2024
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Dutch government explores measures to take down drones over PI Vught prison
8 February 2025 - 09:45
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Criminal kingpin Holleeder secretly treated in Leiden hospital for heart problems
17 July 2023 - 11:10
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Business
Conditions at Dutch prisons and immigration holding facilities come under fire
23 June 2023 - 12:30
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Jail
Crime
Relative could get 7 years for attempt to break Ridouan Taghi out of prison
16 December 2022 - 13:50
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Ridouan Taghi with a sketch aged to show what he may look like today
Crime
Suspected crime boss says he didn't know about murders, threats against Princess Amalia
28 October 2022 - 19:05
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Vught prison
Crime
Jihadist books in library of Vught prison: report
4 January 2019 - 13:20
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Dutch mom no longer suspected of terrorist plot after ISIS escape
20 July 2017 - 16:50
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Vught prison
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Kurdish "gangster" transferred to Vught prison
26 July 2016 - 14:45

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