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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
28 April 2025 - 06:30
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
HealthBusiness
Systemic failures in Dutch women’s prisons leave inmates without critical medical care
30 March 2025 - 18:00
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
CrimeBusiness
Experts call for better conditions as women in Dutch prisons face unique challenges
8 March 2025 - 10:30
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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
27 February 2025 - 15:20
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Ankle monitor
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D66 pushes for ankle bracelets to ease overcrowded prisons
24 February 2025 - 13:40
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Crime
Some 60% of prisoners in the Netherlands were previously incarcerated
29 September 2024 - 07:15
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Prisoner's hands on bars.
Politics
Research shows that ex-convicts often reoffend due to debt
15 September 2024 - 13:20
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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
23 March 2024 - 12:50
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Jail
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700 prisoners in isolation after coronavirus outbreak in Zaanstad penitentiary
7 November 2021 - 11:30
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Jail
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Almost 1000 inmates go into quarantine after outbreak
16 January 2021 - 07:45
Crime
Dutch prisoners at risk in Belgian jailers' strike
20 May 2016 - 13:30
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Lady Justice statue
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Dutch felons must leave "luxury" prison cells for Norwegian convicts
6 March 2015 - 14:03

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