The Dutch justice ministry has announced that the country is going to close at least 8 prisons due to a lack of criminals.
According to the local media, the country has the capacity for 14,000 prisoners and there are only 12,000 detainees.
The decrease is expected to continue, the ministry said, also the natural redundancy and other measures should counter any forced lay-offs.
A last year report on prison overcrowding said that surging populations undermined the rehabilitation of prisoners and risked increasing reoffending in the future.
The Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA), which represents more than 60 organisations, called for the government to urgently limit "the unnecessary use of prison, ensuring it is reserved for serious, persistent and violent offenders for whom no alternative sanction is appropriate".
It came after Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said the rising pressure on prisons from budget cuts and increasing numbers cannot go on indefinitely.
culled: Huffington post.
*woooow!!!.....In some other countries,you can tell this to the birds for all they care!
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ReplyDeleteHehe!i can't laugh sef.
DeleteThey should come and rent or lease it to naija.
Naija I dey hail o!
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They should start an exchange programme and send some of our prisoners there.Guess some regular folks off the street won't mind branding themselves criminals.infact,Na quota system Govt go adopt to send prisoners there.After all,Prison there better pass BQ for some high brow areas in Lagos. Signed:wide eyed!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the inmates here in Nigeria won't mind! Heck, they'll give an arm/a leg to be in prison there! Lol
Deletebuahahhahahahah! I like this! the most interesting piece I've read today!
ReplyDeletethis cannot happen in Naija now. instead dem go arrest people anyhow, come hang one offence or the other for dia head.
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DeleteAbegi, Nigerians/Africans no they live for Netherlands? How come this low crime rate
ReplyDeleteI still don't believe that Netherlands Close Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals
ReplyDeleteAs prison populations surge in the UK, with overcrowded cells and repeat offenders, the opposite in happening in the Netherlands.
The country is actually to close eight prisons because of a lack of criminals, the Dutch justice ministry has announced.
Declining crime rates in the Netherlands mean that although the country has the capacity for 14,000 prisoners, there are only 12,000 detainees, reported the nrc.nl.
The decrease is expected to continue, the ministry said, with Deputy justice minister Nebahat Albayrak saying that natural redundancy and other measures should counter any forced lay-offs.
A report last year on prison overcrowding said that surging populations undermined the rehabilitation of prisoners and risked increasing reoffending in the future.
The Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA), which represents more than 60 organisations, called for the government to urgently limit "the unnecessary use of prison, ensuring it is reserved for serious, persistent and violent offenders for whom no alternative sanction is appropriate".
It came after Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said the rising pressure on prisons from budget cuts and increasing numbers cannot go on indefinitely.
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DeleteOfo naija I hail ooo
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So it's real??? I heard it 3days ago and thought it was a joke. Ha! This is wonderful news for them! SDK you right though...some countries like USA are building more, while others like United States of Nigeria don't know if they should build, renovate, or close prisons.
ReplyDeleteits because marijuana is legal in that country. Mj makes u relax that crime is d last thing on ur mind
ReplyDeleteIf only this were the case in Nigeria and the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ReplyDeleteUpon all the 'vices' wey dey shele for Red light district the country is still able to keep crime to its barest minimum. Thats great.
Anyways, Netherlands is actually a small country and everything is relatively stable and ok for its citizens and I consider immigrants don't exactly have it so difficult so that even says a lot as well.
Nice country anyways, wish I could visit the place again.
Oga Shupo, Double hailings for you oooooo......
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Happy friday o.
Sdk what of Liechtenstein, The country has one of the world's lowest crime rates.majority doesn't close der door wen sleepn at 9t.
ReplyDeleteAuthentic baby,wetin shele? I see u via my nokia torch.
DeletePlease let's export some prisoners from here. We need to decongest our prisons here.
ReplyDeleteInteresting!
ReplyDeleteNigeria will get to this point someday.
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Why wont that be? When prostitution and smoking of marijuana are legalised?
ReplyDeleteChei!
ReplyDeleteMake dem come cari me
I wan be prisoner dere
Nothing dey happen here
No job, e'ry1 is on strike, police dey one corner dey kill pple and so on and so forth.....
We can borrow them prisoners na.
ReplyDeletePlease make dem come Lagos alone come pack prisoners as we get am full ground .
ReplyDeletePlease make dem come Lagos alone come pack prisoners as we get am full ground .
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