Dutch prisoners

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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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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.
CrimeBusiness
Experts call for better conditions as women in Dutch prisons face unique challenges
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Iranian flag flying on a pole.
CrimePolitics
Secret negotiations lead to release of Dutch citizen held in Iran for five years
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Ankle monitor
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D66 pushes for ankle bracelets to ease overcrowded prisons
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Crime
Some 60% of prisoners in the Netherlands were previously incarcerated
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Politics
Research shows that ex-convicts often reoffend due to debt
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Franc Weerwind in The Hague on Jan. 7, 2022.
Politics
Weerwind criticizes plans to record conversations between prisoners and their lawyers
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Jail
Health
700 prisoners in isolation after coronavirus outbreak in Zaanstad penitentiary
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Jail
Health
Almost 1000 inmates go into quarantine after outbreak
Crime
Dutch prisoners at risk in Belgian jailers' strike
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Lady Justice statue
Crime
Dutch felons must leave "luxury" prison cells for Norwegian convicts