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Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by Chartey(op): 7:50pm On Jun 19, 2016

Netherlands is on the verge of closing eight prisons due to lack of criminals. According to the Dutch justice ministry there are declining crime rates with only 12,000 detainees currently incarcerated with the prisons in the country’s prison capacity of 14,000 prisoners. There is expected to be a trend of the declining numbers.
Last month Norway decided to outsource prisoners to the Netherlands because its own prisons are so overcrowded. In 2010 Belgian authorities also decided to start renting prisons in Netherlands since its own prisons were at full capacity.
Netherlands’ rehabilitation programme and social re-integration of criminals seems to be working for it.
According to ZME Science, Netherlands has been experiencing the steady drop in crime rate over the last 12 years because of favourable factors such as relaxed drug laws in the country, wide-spread use of ankle monitoring system, reduction in more serious crimes and shorter sentences.
The report further states that at least 19 jails were closed in 2013 due to low numbers of prisoners.

http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/worldNews/Prisoners-wanted-as-Netherlands-plans-to-shut-down-prisons-448905

Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by Chartey(op): 7:51pm On Jun 19, 2016

Lalasticlala come see o.

Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by Nobody: 7:54pm On Jun 19, 2016

Are nigerian cocain pusher not living there?

Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by abwilly: 8:03pm On Jun 19, 2016

Different strokes for different folks.

In Nigeria, we are advocating for more prisons because of congestion whereas in Netherlands they are closing down.

What lessons can we learn from them?

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Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by Lamzee(m): 8:23pm On Jun 19, 2016

Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by IRserveMyComent(f): 8:33pm On Jun 19, 2016

And Nigeria would never take a que from them. They would never ask how the Netherlands government was able to achieve such a no mean feat.

Re: Netherlands To Shut Prisons: No Prisoners! by Chartey(op): 11:41pm On Jun 19, 2016

IRserveMyComent:
And Nigeria would never take a que from them. They would never ask how the Netherlands government was able to achieve such a no mean feat.

Even other European countries have not been able to take a cue from them.

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