Prisoners testify about violence: “The Van Quickenborne Cabinet sent a box of chocolates. Nice gesture, but difficult to eat when you have just lost three teeth” | Domestic

In protest against the violence of detainees, the guards of Flemish prisons are holding strike actions all week. Every year, more than 300 guards become victims of aggression from prisoners. Two prison guards testified to HLN: “Isn’t it bad that I, as a victim, have to challenge the state?”