Figures of the Custodial Institutions Department (DJI) show that between 2020 and 2024 only two people fled a prison. “It is about imposing a standard,” defends outgoing State Secretary Arno Rutte (prison system) the measure. “Some symbols matter.”
15-year-old boy with ankle strap again arrested for robbery in Lelystad
“It cannot be that someone who decides to avoid his punishment or sabotages his ankle band without criminal consequences,” the VVD member continues the self -general necessity of the measure. “With this bill we draw a hard limit: penalties must be served and supervision should not be free of obligation.”
Maximum four years extra
The criminalization will apply to anyone who is a custodial sentence or custodial measure. Prisoners who return too late during leave also run the risk of being prosecuted. Anyone who voluntarily reports within 48 hours after escape during leave, is left out of shot. A maximum of four years extra applies for this.
In addition, sabotage of so -called electronic supervision is explicitly prohibited. This not only applies to cutting or damaging an ankle band, but also to deliberately emptying the battery by not charging it. In that case, the signal is lost and the fugitive can no longer be prosecuted. A maximum of one year extra applies for this.