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Dozens of judges and prosecutors locked up

 
 
Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 02:19 am
... in Belgium. And they did it themselves, voluntarily.

In Belgium, 55 lawyers are being locked up for a short experiment. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said: "This will undoubtedly help them to assess whether deprivation of liberty is the best solution for a person who has committed a mistake."

Criminal judges, prosecutors and legal trainees are among those taking part in the trial. According to the Ministry of Justice, they voluntarily allowed themselves to be locked up on Saturday morning and will spend one and a half days in the new prison in the Brussels district of Haren.

They will be treated like normal prisoners, the Belga news agency reported. For example, they would not be allowed to use their mobile phones. They would have to work in the kitchen and laundry, among other things, and would be allowed to receive family visitors.

At 10 p.m. the lights would be switched off. Those who wanted to stop the experiment could do so and only had to say the word "Terminus", RTBF reported.

The prison has space for almost 1200 inmates. According to Belga, the complex is a kind of prison village. It contains smaller buildings and housing units, each with about 30 places.

The facility is new and not yet occupied. Minister Quickenborne said the test would allow the guards to prepare for the opening.

Cinquante-cinq magistrats enfermés à la prison de Haren dans le cadre d’un tes´


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hightor
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 03:01 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Can I rent a room there?
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 04:19 am
@hightor,
The Belgian Penal Code might even give some discounts Wink
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Mame
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 07:26 am
@hightor,
Yeah, it doesn't look so bad Smile
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 08:29 am
@Mame,
I suppose, it differs a lot if you get a "room" in one of the older "homes" or a newly built one.

https://i.imgur.com/Dwyweu2l.jpg
One in an older German prison, with just about the legally required minimum size (9m²; 7m² each if it's two-person cell).
hightor
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 10:32 am
@Walter Hinteler,
This is more like I'm used to:
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic3.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F54eb8bfc6da811853c217168%2Fthe-stories-coming-out-of-this-oklahoma-jail-are-horrifying.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 10:57 am
@hightor,
We have such here, too: some older arrest cells at police stations (you stay there just a couple of hours) or the monitoring cells for suicide risky prisoners.
hightor
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 11:40 am
@Walter Hinteler,
I actually like the stainless steel sink-commode units and wish they were marketed for home use. Real space-savers.
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 11:44 am
@hightor,
That's called (here) "vandal- and theft-proof sanitary solutions made of stainless steel for prisons" (link, in German), or "heavy duty" (link, in English).
hightor
 
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Reply Sun 18 Sep, 2022 01:30 pm
@Walter Hinteler,
Nice – and thank you! I'm familiar with Franke sinks, having seen them being installed in high end homes. I was unaware of this part of their production line.
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