Netherlands To Close Prisons: Lack of Criminals
During the 1990s the Netherlands faced a shortage of prison cells, but a decline in crime has since led to overcapacity in the prison system. The country now has capacity for 14,000 prisoners but only 12,000 detainees.
Deputy justice minister Nebahat Albayrak announced on Tuesday that eight prisons will be closed, resulting in the loss of 1,200 jobs. Natural redundancy and other measures should prevent any forced lay-offs, the minister said.
2 comments:
We need to send our legislatures to the netherlands so they could be enlightened, come home, then pass appropriate legislation to clean up Colorado's problems in there criminal justice system. djw
Yes. I fully agree. It's a sad fact that the U.S. does not want this type of reform. Crime and injustice is money in America.
Perhaps we should instead send them to the Nether Regions.
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