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What? Less than a month ago the government said there weren't enough cells and they were looking into moving inmates to Estonia because they were already having to delay jail sentences.
State Secretary Coenradie wants to explore in the short term whether hundreds of prisoners can be accommodated in Estonia from 2026. Officials from the ministry have already been to Estonia. The Estonians are positive about the plan. The prison in Tartu would be the most suitable, say insiders.
Errr... So who's telling crap now? I'm no dutch but am curious about our neighbors.
Easy, just let more convicted pedophile child rapists walk free after serving less than half of their already tiny sentence! Then put them in the Olympics representing your country! Just because he drugged her and "only hurt her a little" instead of holding her down.
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13 months.... That is just... Wow. I'm disgusted.
Lucky for him he didn't evade taxes hm? That would've meant some serious sentence.
They are just not arresting as many people and de facto legalizing more crimes. The NL is a hub for organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/03/01/people-feel-unsafe-netherlands
but how will the us government get cheap slave labour? what will the poor for profit prisons do for money?
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Sarcasm tag isn't necessary. Those who benefit from it see these as legitimate questions.
A good start is treating drug abuse as a health problem and not a criminal one
To do that, you first need to remove conservative and neoliberal politicians.
The term neoliberal encompasses conservatives unless it's from the standpoint of a feudal society
This article draws a very colorful picture of our country lol.
Fact of the matter is it is turning into a narco state quickly with drug related shootings and bombings happening almost daily.
Police and the justice system in general is understaffed.
So please do not learn from us, we're far from a role model.
Isn't that mostly a problem in the big, international ports / port cities? I mean, you can have empty prisons everywhere and still mot enough police and customs there
Do you have any articles discussing this? I'm interested to learn more as someone who doesn't live there.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50821542
You can find some more if you do a quick search on netherlands drug violence. Politicians are ignoring this problem completely. It's a growing problem in other European countries as well, Sweden for example.
Its a massively growing problem in many European countries. The UK is having the same issues but some of the strictest laws on drugs in Europe.
At least you get some tax money back from it, unlike us.
when i was in amsterdam the cab driver told me that the russian mob runs all the prostitution and gambling and much of the drugs and they wouldn't tolerate anyone messing with their cash machine. he also said that the red light district is mostly all staffed by russian ladies and if you want a real dutch girl you have to go to a private club in a residential area, for 4x the price.
I don't understand this article. Just last week the news here was that our prisons are overcrowded and we are considering leasing prison space in Eastern Europe. Maybe it's only certain types of prisons that have shortages? Guess I should look into it a bit more.
Guess I should look into it a bit more.
From the inside?