On May 29 2009, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Some reprieve might come from a deal with Belgium, which is facing
overpopulation in its prisons. The two countries are working out an
agreement to house Belgian prisoners in Dutch prisons. Some five-hundred
Belgian prisoners could be transferred to the Tilburg prison by 2010.
The Netherlands would get 30 million euros in the deal, and it will
allow the closing of the prisons in Rotterdam and Veenhuizen to be
postponed until 2012.
Maybe they can apply for funding by the European commission to increase the
mobility of European citizens as well ;)
Bernhard
