Tag: overcrowded
Utrecht champions solar panels, but overcrowded power grid threatens construction plans: what to do?
The key question immediately arises: is a ‘blackout’ lurking, a long-term, widespread power outage in the province? “In the most extreme case, that could be possible, but that is what…
The acute crisis of the penitentiary service – prisons are overcrowded
In mid-October, the Director General of the Correctional Service, Martin Holmgren, decided that the number of places within the agency must be quickly increased. The short-term solutions now being implemented…
Safe zones in Gaza are overcrowded
Two days after the seven-day pause in the fighting ended, there are no signs of a new pause. On Sunday, the Israeli military expanded its evacuation call for residents in…
Children feel miserable in overcrowded prisons – “Breaking apart”
A record number of young people are in custody at the same time that the detention centers are overcrowded.Now alarms advokaten Nooshi Aknooni Ficks that the citation is urgent for…
Emergency shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Jaarbeurs overcrowded: ‘Closure of shelter for new refugees threatens’
That is undesirable, says the mayor. “If no new shelters for longer-term stays become available in the Netherlands, the ultimate consequence will be to close the location in the Jaarbeurs…
Visitor ban emergency solution to overcrowded prisons
full screen 85 percent of the country’s prisons have been overcrowded during the first half of 2023. Stock image. Photo: Per Danielsson/TT The situation with increasingly overcrowded detention centers around…
Visitor ban emergency solution to overcrowded prisons
In Växjö, for example, a decision was made to temporarily stop visits for relatives for three weeks in June, when the visiting rooms have been used as living rooms. —…
Tension palpable in overcrowded court about children’s heart center Utrecht: ‘If we do not do this carefully, more children will die’
What is this emergency session about? In 2.5 years, Minister Ernst Kuipers wants the children’s heart centers in Utrecht and Leiden/Amsterdam to close. The care must then be concentrated in…
‘Coordinator needed to tackle overcrowded power network’
The electricity network in the center of the Netherlands is so full that companies may start avoiding the region. This is feared by the employers’ organization VNO-NCW Midden, which is…
Director General of the Correctional Service: The institutions are overcrowded
Sweden’s prisons are overcrowded.The lack of places is tough for both staff and inmates – and security is threatened.– We are seeing an increase in the number of security-related incidents,…