US EditionBunk Beds Offered as 'Emergency' Solution to Prison Overcrowding
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As many as 525 prisoners in Belgian prisons are forced to sleep on the floor due to lack of beds, according to local data.Last week the country's Director General of Prison Services, Mathilde Steenbergen, declared that the current situation constituted "a humanitarian crisis for prisoners."The country, which has received repeated attention from the Council of Europe due to the overcrowding of prisons in its territory, has seen the situation wors…
Bunk beds offered as 'emergency' solution to prison overcrowding
Bunk beds instead of single beds are being touted as the solution to prison overcrowding in Haren prison, on the outskirts of Brussels. The prison administration confirmed this week that it decided to increase the capacity of Haren prison by replacing a number of single beds with bunk beds. “This...
As many as 525 prisoners in Belgian prisons are forced to sleep on the floor due to lack of beds, according to local data. Last week the country’s Director General of Prison Services, Mathilde Steenbergen, declared that the current situation constituted “a humanitarian crisis for prisoners.” The country, which has received repeated attention from the Council of Europe due to overcrowding of prisons in its territory, has seen the situation worsen…
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