British politician Alex Chalk confirmed that renting prison space in other countries would be useful to reduce saturation in the country’s prison facilities.
Prison fence. Image: Unsplash
The UK government has announced a controversial measure: sending prisoners to foreign prisons. seeks measure Amending the current law To allow the transfer as long as “British standards are met,” the Conservative Party detailed in a statement. Therefore, if the amendment to the law is completed, prisoners will only be sent to the areas that have been amended Facilities, order and rehabilitation compatible with your interests.
Minister Chalk, in charge of announcing this initiative, explained:Renting prison space in other countries “We will ensure that we always have space to keep citizens safe from the most dangerous criminals.”
British Justice Minister Alex Chick. Photo: EFE
For his part, the Secretary of State for Prison Affairs said: Damien HindsAnd he confirmed that Protection of citizens It is the priority and reason behind implementing this policy. He added that in order to achieve this goal, They lock up criminals longerwhich leads to a Fewer places available in prisons.
Prison in the United Kingdom. Image: Ladd’s Bible
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Alex Chuck He admitted that transferring prisoners to other countries is ““well-established strategy” in other European countries. He even commented on it Belgium and Norway actually They sent the prisoners To prisons Holland.
he Dutch governmentIn the face of a shortage of prisoners and an increasingly low crime rate, It rents its prisons So that prison staff do not become unemployed. In addition, several prisons were closed and others were converted into refugee centres.
The Netherlands is an exception to the rule in Europe, where many countries suffer from a lack of prison space, as the British Justice Minister commented. In this context, the future in which many European countries transfer their prisoners to Dutch territory or other countries with the same possibility does not seem very far away.
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