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The minister believes that the culture of fear in the Nieuwersluis women’s prison must be broken
At the end of May, the Justice and Security Inspectorate published a devastating report on the prison in Nieuwersluis. Detained women there are the victims of structurally unethical behaviour, including…
Nieuwersluis women’s prison management in conversation with detainees about abuses
The spokesman for the management says he understands that it seems that a meeting was organized soon after the documentary Sit and Shut Up by Jessica Villerius came online yesterday.…
‘It’s a shame that the management of the Nieuwersluis women’s prison is only now reporting misconduct’
Moreover, the report is not the only thing that the DJI and the prison have done since the report was released, says Rademaker. “Since the first reports came in in…
‘Abuses in women’s prisons much more extensive than previously thought’
“Since then, many new cases have come to us,” said Oosterhagen in the RTL program. “And quite interesting is that the women who have reported also want to convince us…
Those involved in Nieuwersluis prison critical of report: ‘Instead of support, we got more pressure’
“They have not yet been held responsible for the abuses, while they maintain this system. In particular, the director, who has not done anything with the signals. In fact, I…
From dirty talk to oral sex: serious abuses in women’s prisons appear to be structural, inspectorate calls for action now
These incidents are not isolated events, it now appears. For the investigation, the Inspectorate spoke to 66 respondents, mainly employees and prisoners. Nearly half of them reported dishonest behavior by…