Overcrowding in prisons is “stressful,” says Justice Minister Van Tigchelt

Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt (Open Vld) is consulting with the heads of all prisons in our country where detainees must be housed, now that 9 Belgian prisons have announced a recording stop. “The situation is indeed stressful,” says Van Tigchelt. “For our heads of institutions and for our prison staff.”

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