Tag: Nieuwersluis
Inspectorate: still concerned about culture in Nieuwersluis women’s prison
The inspectorate is slightly more positive about the steps that umbrella organization DJI has taken to improve social safety within the organization. For example, the DJI’s central confidential counselors are…
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…
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…
New signals about abuses in the Nieuwersluis prison: investigation is getting bigger
In August, a jailer was released from prison for sexually abusive behavior. Shortly after the report it was already decided not to give the suspect warden access to the prison.…
Jail jailer Nieuwersluis fired after transgressive behavior
The victim who rang the bell will receive aftercare. In the Volkskrant told her lawyer about the jailer’s method. He would have opened the door of her cell with his…
Inspectorate investigates signs of sexual abuse in women’s prison Nieuwersluis
The case came to the fore last year when one of the women decided to report sexual abuse. An investigation was conducted and the Amsterdammer was arrested in May. At…