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Netherlands

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Penitentiary Principles Act (Penitentiaire beginselenwet)The Governor of the Penitentiary Institution may place a detainee because of his specific needs in an Extra Care Facility (Extra Zorgvoorziening). Each penitentiary institution has an Extra Care Facility (Extra Zorgvoorziening). The Extra Care Facility (EZV) offers detainees who cannot function in the regular daily programme because of their physical or mental problems a special programme that gives them more structure and protection. The responsible Minister may designate institutions and wings thereof as places for accommodating detainees that require special care (the so called Extra Care Facilities or Extra Zorgvoorzieningen).

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2021In 2021, the Inspectorate of Justice and Security looked at the effect of improvement measures applied by a forensic clinic after two forensic patients successfully fled the clinic in 2020. The Forensic Psychiatric Centre in question [De Kijvelanden] took steps to improve the internal security of the clinic. It has tightened its access policy and the method for bringing in goods, among other things. However, the Inspectorate of Justice and Security still observes major points for improvement. For example, there is insufficient attention to team development in the department for extremely difficult to manage and highly likely to escape forensic patients, in part due to staff shortage, and employees do not work in a uniform manner. There is also no modified policy for dealing with hostage situations. The Inspectorate is keeping watch on these points for improvement as part of their regular monitoring since this inspection. Report details