As prison populations surge in
the UK, with overcrowded cells
and repeat offenders, the
opposite is 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.
http://popularresistance.org/netherlands-close-eight-prisons-due-to-lack-of-criminals/

I don't think africans mostly nigerians are there, if not,they won't think of closing even a prison.
AFRICA...HOME OF LAW BREAKERS.

Ken_Jak: I don't think africans mostly nigerians are there, if not,they won't think of closing even a prison.
AFRICA...HOME OF LAW BREAKERS.

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Ken_Jak: I don't think africans mostly nigerians are there, if not,they won't think of closing even a prison.
AFRICA...HOME OF LAW BREAKERS.

There are Nigerians there. I have an uncle and a family friend who live there.