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Government

Criminals 'possibly' released earlier due to prison cell shortage

De Telegraaf24 September · 17:481 hour ago

State Secretary for Justice Protection Claudia van Bruggen indicated that sentence reductions, currently set at two weeks, may be expanded to alleviate pressure on prisons. This potential adjustment aims to address the shortage of available cells by allowing certain inmates to be released sooner than previously planned.

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