August 3, 2017 Belgique : l’enfer de la prison de Saint-Gilles vu par un détenu News Europe Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 Belgium: évasion à la prison belge de Lantin, le détenu a été aidé par trois complices News Europe Protest Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 Spectaculaire évasion dans une prison belge News Protest Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 22, 2017 La Belgique est le pays d'Europe avec le plus fort taux de suicide en prison News Europe Suicide Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 17, 2017 Belgique : l'Observatoire international des prisons - section belge publie sa Notice 2016 News Europe Belgium This section is now available in English. You can consult the French version.
January 10, 2017 Belgium: number of people subject to electronic tagging down in 2016 News Belgium Figures communicated by the boards of management of the Flemish and French-speaking remand prisons yesterday (Monday) indicated that in 2016, a total of 5,600 individuals had an electronic tagging bracelet.
January 10, 2017 Belgique : contre-attaque des opposants à la prison de Haren, recours et résistance les pieds dans l'herbe News Europe Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
December 28, 2016 Belgique : la prison de Haren obtient son permis de construire News Europe Belgium Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
December 7, 2016 Belgique : La prison, solution ultime News Europe Belgium Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
December 6, 2016 Belgique : prison de Verviers, une maison de peines uniquement News Europe Belgium Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
October 20, 2016 Belgique : 300 morts en six ans dans les prisons News Europe Violence Belgium Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
September 20, 2016 Prisons Portfolio Europe Justice Health Violence Belgium Being deprived of freedom causes extreme distress. The images by Sebastien van Malleghem denounce the archaic and opaque walls which enclose these men and women and their broken lives.
May 23, 2016 Belgique : le Guide du Prisonnier 2016 est disponible News Europe Belgium Si ce guide s’adresse en priorité aux détenus, il s’adresse aussi à leurs proches et à tous ceux qui ont à faire avec le milieu de l’ombre : avocats, travailleurs sociaux, médecins, aumôniers, conseillers moraux, visiteurs, sans oublier les directeurs, agents pénitentiaires et fonctionnaires de l’…
May 9, 2016 Belgique : l'armée envoyée en renfort dans les prisons News Europe Belgium Une grève des surveillants pénitentiaires qui s’éternise a entraîné une réaction inattendue du gouvernement de Charles Michel : depuis lundi 9 mai des militaires sont envoyés dans les prisons belges “pour garantir des missions humanitaires”.
May 8, 2016 Belgium : riot at Merksplas prison News Violence Belgium Calm returned to Merksplas prison at around 5.45am on Sunday morning, after a very busy night. The prison holds 600 prisoners. Several areas of the institution were damaged, and remain unusable. Around a hundred prisoners were transferred to others prisons, says Frank Wilrycx (Open Vls), the mayor…
May 5, 2016 Belgium : Belgian state ordered to pay compensation to inmates because of prison strike News Belgium A court has sentenced the state to pay 300 euros per day to 21 inmates.The inmates, detained in the prisons in Lantin, Huy and Paifve, were successful on Wednesday’s trial court. According to the complaining inmates, they haven’t received any minimum service since the strike by prison guards starte…
