Belgian Prison Service (BE)

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Belgium
Prison Service
National Population:
11 467 923
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
34

Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
0
Avg. Prisoner Population:
10 865
Total available prisoner places:
9 231
Official design capacity:
9 231

Questions answered by this agency:

Category	Title	Date	Questions	Responses
Section 9: Regime & Activities	190118: Children Staying With Their Mothers In Prison	19/01/2018	4	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	260917: Education for juvenile detainees	26/09/2017	5	13
Section 9: Regime & Activities	261115: Prison Chaplains	04/02/2016	2	15
Section 9: Regime & Activities	190314: Partner Homicide	19/01/2016	6	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	110820: Preventive Security Measures	11/08/2020	2	11
Section 9: Regime & Activities	241017: Prisoners' associations	24/10/2017	5	8
Section 9: Regime & Activities	200918: Projects focused on inclusion of inmates into society	20/09/2018	4	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	290119: Granting Leave to Detainees	29/01/2019	7	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	130720: Religion in Prisons	13/07/2020	6	16
Section 9: Regime & Activities	270818: National Management Manual	27/08/2018	4	9
Section 9: Regime & Activities	220715: Workshops within the Prison	21/01/2016	6	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	081118: Purposeful Activities in Prisons	08/11/2018	3	14
Section 9: Regime & Activities	150514: Inmates Labour	14/12/2015	5	4
Section 9: Regime & Activities	070920: Distance Learning	07/09/2020	6	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	011117: Prison Production	01/11/2017	4	9
Section 9: Regime & Activities	070119: Walking Yards	07/01/2019	2	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	300715: Inmates Education	22/01/2016	7	15
Section 9: Regime & Activities	181119: Drug Tests	29/11/2019	5	6
Section 9: Regime & Activities	081116: Interventions on Family Relations	08/11/2016	8	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	280314: Sports in Prison	19/01/2016	3	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	250117:Community Involvement	25/01/2017	6	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	071116: Visiting Facilities	07/11/2016	4	14
Section 9: Regime & Activities	240117: Prison visits_Information Family Members	24/01/2017	7	13
Section 9: Regime & Activities	310718: Programs for Violent Detainees	25/07/2018	5	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	180221: Disciplinary rewards and disciplinary punishments for persons serving prison sentence	18/02/2021	2	11
Section 9: Regime & Activities	050517: Agricultural Activities in Prison	05/05/2017	9	7
Section 8: Finance	090519: Incentives for Employers of (Ex)Offenders	27/05/2019	4	9
Section 1: General Information	120318: Prison cell door plates	12/03/2018	4	10
Section 1: General Information	140119: Cooking and Dining	14/01/2019	3	13
Section 1: General Information	130715: Incentives for Published Scientific Papers	21/01/2016	4	10
Section 1: General Information	030517: Prisoner Packages and Parcels	03/05/2017	6	10
Section 1: General Information	260520: Harm Reduction Strategies and Services	26/05/2021	7	11
Section 1: General Information	220218: Fire in Prisons	22/02/2018	6	10
Section 1: General Information	190418: Public-private partnership projects	18/04/2018	3	5
Section 1: General Information	111017: Service Dogs in Prison	11/10/2017	7	9
Section 1: General Information	041119: Razors in Prisons	08/11/2019	5	8
Section 1: General Information	180219: Organisations Supporting Foreign Nationals in Prison and on Probation	18/02/2019	4	15
Section 1: General Information	040918: Prison clothing	04/09/2018	4	14
Section 1: General Information	280717: Key Chains Specifications	28/07/2017	4	9
Section 1: General Information	110121: Evaluation of the Measures Taken in the Different Member States During the Ongoing COVID-19 Crisis	11/01/2021	9	13
Section 1: General Information	040219: Joint premises with the police	04/02/2019	3	11
Section 1: General Information	080216: Inmates’ Evaluation of the Custodial Services	04/02/2016	4	12
Section 1: General Information	300818: Prison Administration Supervision	27/08/2018	3	11
Section 1: General Information	250518: ISO certification in prisons	25/05/2018	6	9
Section 1: General Information	210717: Informing Victims about the Release of the Convicted from Prison	21/07/2017	4	7
Section 1: General Information	021117: Prison Canteen (Commissary) or Tuck Shop	02/11/2017	4	14
Section 1: General Information	150620: Employment of Highly Qualified Inmates	18/06/2020	3	11
Section 1: General Information	100216: Ex-Offenders Employment	04/02/2016	4	13
Section 1: General Information	101117: Storing Prison Files	10/11/2017	2	10
Section 1: General Information	160919: Prison Staff Education	20/09/2019	6	8
Section 1: General Information	150316: NGOs in Prisons	14/03/2016	5	12
Section 1: General Information	020621: Open Prisons	02/06/2021	3	12
Section 4: Healthcare	031120: Implementation, functioning and impacts of the 2009 Council Recommendation on smoke-free environments in all EU Member States, EU candidate countries and countries of the European Economic Area	03/11/2020	4	10
Section 4: Healthcare	170321: Health Care in Prisons	17/03/2021	10	17
Section 4: Healthcare	150618: Devices used for measuring blood sugar level	15/06/2018	3	6
Section 4: Healthcare	100615: Drug Testing of Inmates	20/01/2016	5	11
Section 4: Healthcare	161117: Fentanyl Use in Prisons	16/11/2017	7	11
Section 4: Healthcare	010321: Prevention of self-harm and the behaviour of harm to someone else in crisis	01/03/2021	5	14
Section 4: Healthcare	170521: Rehabilitative Environment in Prison - In-Possession Medication	17/05/2021	2	12
Section 4: Healthcare	121118: Psychology services for open prisons	09/11/2018	3	15
Section 4: Healthcare	160718: Nutritional Supplements	16/07/2018	7	11
Section 4: Healthcare	110619: Medical Prison Staff	12/06/2019	5	9
Section 4: Healthcare	150621: Vaccination Strategies to Influence Willingness	15/06/2021	2	8
Section 4: Healthcare	301219: Resocialisation Programmes for Suicide Prevention	30/12/2019	4	10
Section 4: Healthcare	061017: Health Care	06/10/2017	5	11
Section 4: Healthcare	150715: Suicide Self-inflicted Death Prevention	21/01/2016	3	14
Section 4: Healthcare	030820: Rehabilitation Activities	03/08/2020	5	11
Section 4: Healthcare	040319: Chronic Drug Use for Incarcerated Women	05/03/2019	1	7
Section 10: Order	020816: Searches in Prisons	02/08/2016	1	7
Section 10: Order	260819:The Confiscation and Destruction of Contraband	26/08/2019	5	9
Section 10: Order	091215: Use of Restraints for Prisoners Attending Hospital	09/12/2015	3	6
Section 10: Order	130716: Assaults on Prison Staff	12/07/2016	6	11
Section 10: Order	271118: Inmates in exit units	27/11/2018	5	11
Section 10: Order	190214: Halfway Houses	16/12/2015	7	10
Section 10: Order	080321: Threat of Mail in Prison Services Across Europe	08/03/2021	5	12
Section 10: Order	241116: Steel Mesh Cell Windows	24/11/2016	1	13
Section 10: Order	111218: Mechanical fixations for the immobilisation of inmates in prisons	11/12/2018	5	10
Section 10: Order	180915: Inmate Body Search	22/01/2016	5	13
Section 10: Order	050516: Incapacitant sprays	06/05/2016	5	15
Section 10: Order	280218: Lawyer Meetings in Prisons	28/02/2018	6	12
Section 10: Order	090919: Smartwatch Gadgets	09/09/2019	5	8
Section 10: Order	191118: Regulations on media in prisons	19/11/2018	5	7
Section 10: Order	150218: Escape from Prisons	15/02/2018	3	8
Section 10: Order	090418: Electronic surveillance of convicts	09/04/2018	6	9
Section 14: Other	231219: Workforce Measures	23/12/2019	2	10
Section 14: Other	140920: Staff's Response to Large-Scale Incidents within Prison	14/09/2020	3	9
Section 2: Population	170418: Specific compensatory remedies for poor detention conditions	17/04/2018	5	9
Section 2: Population	011216: Deaths in Prison	01/12/2016	2	9
Section 2: Population	200818: Model used for forecasting future inmate population	20/08/2018	5	10
Section 2: Population	010419: Behavior Modification Programs	01/04/2019	5	9
Section 2: Population	111119: Drug Testing	11/11/2019	4	10
Section 2: Population	250314: Multi-Bed Cells	19/01/2016	3	10
Section 2: Population	200519: Risk Screening	28/05/2019	3	9
Section 3: Sentencing	250615: Recall Process	21/01/2016	7	7
Section 3: Sentencing	060818: Execution and control of court decision on imprisonment as a sentence	06/08/2018	5	7
Section 3: Sentencing	080716: Assessment of Protection Prisoners	08/07/2016	8	7
Section 3: Sentencing	121020: Early/Conditional Release for Third-Country Nationals	12/10/2020	6	5
Section 3: Sentencing	140917: Risk Assessment	14/09/2017	2	14
Section 3: Sentencing	170214: Honour-related Violence and Crimes	16/12/2015	6	7
Section 3: Sentencing	250418: Legal regulations on release of life sentenced inmates in the EU member states	25/04/2018	7	11
Section 3: Sentencing	110521: Risk Assessment Tools for Young Adult Offenders and its Consistency with the Conditions of Their Sentence	11/05/2021	3	13
Section 3: Sentencing	160215: Deferring and Interrupting a prison sentence	21/01/2016	3	11
Section 3: Sentencing	250815: Amnesty	22/01/2016	5	13
Section 3: Sentencing	120618: Execution and control of court decision on arrest as a safety measure	12/06/2018	5	6
Section 3: Sentencing	100918: Sentence Management Planning	10/09/2018	4	8
Section 5: Staffing	250618: Good practices with juveniles and minors in prisons and in community sanctions	25/06/2018	8	7
Section 5: Staffing	060519: Medical, Psychological and Physical Examination Systems for Prison Staff	07/05/2019	5	10
Section 5: Staffing	240815: Prison Staff Clothing and Protective Equipment	21/01/2016	5	11
Section 5: Staffing	080118: Legal Authorities of Correctional Officers and other Correctional Professionals	08/01/2018	6	9
Section 5: Staffing	100220: Fitness to Work Assessments	10/02/2020	5	12
Section 5: Staffing	110817: Post-graduate study opportunities for prison staff	11/08/2017	3	7
Section 5: Staffing	020317: Prison Officers Uniforms	01/03/2017	2	12
Section 5: Staffing	280917: Staff selection and assessment processes	28/09/2017	10	9
Section 5: Staffing	080416: Personal Identification Badges Prison Staff Clothing	08/04/2016	2	15
Section 5: Staffing	051018: Cameras on uniforms	05/10/2018	5	9
Section 5: Staffing	210119: Health and Fitness for Prison Staff	21/01/2019	5	10
Section 7: Technology	031218: Electronic devices for monitoring inmates inside prisons	03/12/2018	2	9
Section 7: Technology	080620: Reducing the Harmful Effects of Isolation	08/06/2020	3	11
Section 7: Technology	270117: Virtual Visits	27/01/2017	6	8
Section 7: Technology	080319: Use of Mobile Phones by Prison Administrators and Prison Staff	25/02/2019	3	11
Section 7: Technology	121219: Facial Recognition System	12/12/2019	1	15
Section 7: Technology	280119: Cash-free prisons	28/01/2019	3	12
Section 7: Technology	240718: Filing and handling requests electronically	24/07/2018	6	10
Section 7: Technology	250417: Inmates Telephone System	25/04/2017	5	9
Section 7: Technology	110219: Body Scanners and Counter-Drone Technologies	11/02/2019	5	8
Section 7: Technology	230316: Use of Social Media by Prisoners	21/03/2016	5	13
Section 7: Technology	050618: Warning messages in the inmate’s phone calls	05/06/2018	1	9
Section 7: Technology	030616:Prevention of the use of mobile phones in prisons	03/06/2016	6	8
Section 7: Technology	160120: Supervisory Measures On Inmates' Phone Use	16/01/2020	3	10
Section 7: Technology	120419: Specialised Systems	23/04/2019	3	6
Section 7: Technology	080318: Motor vehicles used to escort prisoners	08/03/2018	4	11
Section 7: Technology	090315: Electronic Communication for Prisoners	20/01/2016	8	8
Section 7: Technology	010518: Intelligence gathering mechanisms in prisons	30/04/2018	4	11
Section 7: Technology	060720: Technology to Screen Postal Mail	06/07/2020	5	9
Section 7: Technology	021017: Body Scanner Technology	02/10/2017	7	12
Section 7: Technology	190619: Built-in Radio Terminals	19/06/2019	2	10
Section 7: Technology	110216: Using dogs to find mobile phones	09/02/2016	4	10
Section 7: Technology	180315: Telephone Terminals	21/01/2016	1	16
Section 7: Technology	290518: Visit Booking System	28/05/2018	5	10
Section 7: Technology	220721: Devices capable of detecting/locating mobile phones in prisons	22/07/2021	3	9
Section 7: Technology	220620: Digital Inmates Database	22/06/2020	3	14
Section 7: Technology	110319: Technological Developments and Tools	11/03/2019	3	9
Section 7: Technology	211220: Computer Systems in Prisons	21/12/2020	7	9
Section 7: Technology	160518: Prevention of forbidden items in prison	15/05/2018	6	8
Section 12: Throughcare	170820: Restraining Beds	19/08/2020	4	8
Section 11: Welfare	310321: Interventions to Change Values and Attitudes	31/03/2021	3	12