Record number of 13,018 detainees in Belgian prisons: "Situation has never been so disastrous" - World News

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 19:33 The record prison overcrowding in Belgium is a "time bomb": how to reduce it? By RTL info with Julien Crête and Gaëtan Zanchetta With more than 13,000 prisoners today behind bars, there have never been so many prisoners in Belgium. Problem: there are only 11,000 places in all prison establishments in the country. In two days, a new strike will take place in our prisons. Zen reading Photos taken inside Antwerp pris…

Belgium’s prison population hits record high

Belgium’s prisons have surpassed 13,000 inmates for the first time. Overcrowding has left hundreds sleeping on the floor, while thousands of...

07:36 Belgian prisons have a record number of 13,018 inmates. The prison system is calling it a humanitarian low point.

Record number of 13,018 detainees in Belgian prisons: "Situation has never been so disastrous" - World News

The Belgian prisons have a record number of 13,018 detainees. 267 prisoners sleep on the ground. Around 3,400 shorts are on the waiting list due to the shortage of places. And 713 convicts used to leave the prison to make way, which is possible through the system of extended penitentiary leave. The newspapers of Mediahuis today report this. ttn-3