“The risk of deaths is real”: Chief Executive of the Prison Service sounds the alarm about extreme overcrowding

The risk of deaths in Belgian prisons due to extreme overcrowding is real. Mathilde Steenbergen, Director General of the Prison Service, said this in an open letter on Tuesday. In her cri de cœur, she begs the federal government for empathy and a political agreement with which she can offer the prison guards new prospects.

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