DutchNews.nl,
Tuesday 09 September 2014
(NOS/ANP) |
By contrast,
many jails in the Netherlands have empty cells and are being closed down. The
prisons where the Norwegian prisoners will live will have Norwegian management
and be run according to Norwegian rules but the general staff will be Dutch,
RTL says.
Junior
justice minister Fred Teeven, who is in charge of the prison service, says the
agreement with the Norwegian authorities will guarantee several hundred Dutch
jobs.
Violent
crime
All the
Norwegians will have been sentenced to at least two years in jail and will
include people found guilty of violent and sex crimes, Teeven has confirmed.
However,
people considered a flight risk or an extreme danger to society will not be
sent to the Netherlands. This means Anders Breivik, who shot dead 77 youngsters
on the island Utøya in 2011, will remain in Norway, RTL says.
According
to Norwegian media, the deal could also involve foreign nationals convicted of
crimes in Norway. Norway's justice minister Anders Anundsen said in a statement: 'It could also be prisoners who have foreign citizenship and are to
be deported from Norway. Those who must get out of the country.'
This is not
the first time the Netherlands has imported foreign criminals to fill its empty
jails. Some 550 Belgians are currently being held in a Dutch jail in Tilburg.
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