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Belgian Prison Service (BE)

Belgium
Prison Service
National Population:
11 467 923
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Penal Institutions:
34

Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
0
Total 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 260917: Education for juvenile detainees 26/09/2017 5 13
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 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 070920: Distance Learning 07/09/2020 6 12
Section 9: Regime & Activities 071116: Visiting Facilities 07/11/2016 4 14
Section 9: Regime & Activities 181119: Drug Tests 29/11/2019 5 6
Section 9: Regime & Activities 240117: Prison visits_Information Family Members 24/01/2017 7 13
Section 9: Regime & Activities 050517: Agricultural Activities in Prison 05/05/2017 9 7
Section 9: Regime & Activities 270818: National Management Manual 27/08/2018 4 9
Section 9: Regime & Activities 081118: Purposeful Activities in Prisons 08/11/2018 3 14
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 180221: Disciplinary rewards and disciplinary punishments for persons serving prison sentence 18/02/2021 2 11
Section 9: Regime & Activities 011117: Prison Production 01/11/2017 4 9
Section 9: Regime & Activities 181021: Right of Prisoners for Education 18/10/2021 7 14
Section 9: Regime & Activities 070119: Walking Yards 07/01/2019 2 10
Section 9: Regime & Activities 220715: Workshops within the Prison 21/01/2016 6 10
Section 9: Regime & Activities 110820: Preventive Security Measures 11/08/2020 2 11
Section 9: Regime & Activities 150514: Inmates Labour 14/12/2015 5 4
Section 9: Regime & Activities 310718: Programs for Violent Detainees 25/07/2018 5 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 300715: Inmates Education 22/01/2016 7 15
Section 9: Regime & Activities 190118: Children Staying With Their Mothers In Prison 19/01/2018 4 12
Section 9: Regime & Activities 081116: Interventions on Family Relations 08/11/2016 8 12
Section 8: Finance 090519: Incentives for Employers of (Ex)Offenders 27/05/2019 4 9
Section 1: General Information 080216: Inmates’ Evaluation of the Custodial Services 04/02/2016 4 12
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 210717: Informing Victims about the Release of the Convicted from Prison 21/07/2017 4 7
Section 1: General Information 170222: Technical Equipment of Court Rooms 17/02/2022 6 7
Section 1: General Information 100216: Ex-Offenders Employment 04/02/2016 4 13
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 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 150316: NGOs in Prisons 14/03/2016 5 12
Section 1: General Information 030517: Prisoner Packages and Parcels 03/05/2017 6 10
Section 1: General Information 180219: Organisations Supporting Foreign Nationals in Prison and on Probation 18/02/2019 4 15
Section 1: General Information 150620: Employment of Highly Qualified Inmates 18/06/2020 3 11
Section 1: General Information 081221: Service Structures 08/12/2021 5 8
Section 1: General Information 040918: Prison clothing 04/09/2018 4 14
Section 1: General Information 130715: Incentives for Published Scientific Papers 21/01/2016 4 10
Section 1: General Information 160919: Prison Staff Education 20/09/2019 6 8
Section 1: General Information 020621: Open Prisons 02/06/2021 3 12
Section 1: General Information 040219: Joint premises with the police 04/02/2019 3 11
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 021117: Prison Canteen (Commissary) or Tuck Shop 02/11/2017 4 14
Section 1: General Information 260520: Harm Reduction Strategies and Services 26/05/2021 7 11
Section 1: General Information 121021: System for recycling beverage packaging 12/10/2021 4 5
Section 1: General Information 280717: Key Chains Specifications 28/07/2017 4 9
Section 1: General Information 030322: Prisoners Soft Skills and Transferable Skills in Prison 03/03/2022 6 9
Section 1: General Information 101117: Storing Prison Files 10/11/2017 2 10
Section 1: General Information 041119: Razors in Prisons 08/11/2019 5 8
Section 1: General Information 170821: Prison Inspections Bodies and Entities 17/08/2021 4 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 150618: Devices used for measuring blood sugar level 15/06/2018 3 6
Section 4: Healthcare 150715: Suicide Self-inflicted Death Prevention 21/01/2016 3 14
Section 4: Healthcare 110619: Medical Prison Staff 12/06/2019 5 9
Section 4: Healthcare 161117: Fentanyl Use in Prisons 16/11/2017 7 11
Section 4: Healthcare 150621: Vaccination Strategies to Influence Willingness 15/06/2021 2 8
Section 4: Healthcare 250821: Suicide Prevention and Intervention 25/08/2021 8 10
Section 4: Healthcare 301219: Resocialisation Programmes for Suicide Prevention 30/12/2019 4 10
Section 4: Healthcare 030820: Rehabilitation Activities 03/08/2020 5 11
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 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 100615: Drug Testing of Inmates 20/01/2016 5 11
Section 4: Healthcare 061017: Health Care 06/10/2017 5 11
Section 4: Healthcare 040319: Chronic Drug Use for Incarcerated Women 05/03/2019 1 7
Section 10: Order 271118: Inmates in exit units 27/11/2018 5 11
Section 10: Order 210222: Use of Non-Lethal Weapons in Prisons to Prevent Assaults to Prison Staff 21/02/2022 8 10
Section 10: Order 020816: Searches in Prisons 02/08/2016 1 7
Section 10: Order 090919: Smartwatch Gadgets 09/09/2019 5 8
Section 10: Order 111218: Mechanical fixations for the immobilisation of inmates in prisons 11/12/2018 5 10
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 190214: Halfway Houses 16/12/2015 7 10
Section 10: Order 280218: Lawyer Meetings in Prisons 28/02/2018 6 12
Section 10: Order 260819:The Confiscation and Destruction of Contraband 26/08/2019 5 9
Section 10: Order 180915: Inmate Body Search 22/01/2016 5 13
Section 10: Order 150218: Escape from Prisons 15/02/2018 3 8
Section 10: Order 241116: Steel Mesh Cell Windows 24/11/2016 1 13
Section 10: Order 191118: Regulations on media in prisons 19/11/2018 5 7
Section 10: Order 080321: Threat of Mail in Prison Services Across Europe 08/03/2021 5 12
Section 10: Order 090418: Electronic surveillance of convicts 09/04/2018 6 9
Section 10: Order 050516: Incapacitant sprays 06/05/2016 5 15
Section 14: Other 100322: Prison's Subjection 10/03/2022 6 8
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 291121: Personal Strip-Searches Perfomance 29/11/2021 2 5
Section 2: Population 170418: Specific compensatory remedies for poor detention conditions 17/04/2018 5 9
Section 2: Population 111119: Drug Testing 11/11/2019 4 10
Section 2: Population 231121: Conditional Release 23/11/2021 6 8
Section 2: Population 250314: Multi-Bed Cells 19/01/2016 3 10
Section 2: Population 200818: Model used for forecasting future inmate population 20/08/2018 5 10
Section 2: Population 200519: Risk Screening 28/05/2019 3 9
Section 2: Population 010419: Behavior Modification Programs 01/04/2019 5 9
Section 2: Population 011216: Deaths in Prison 01/12/2016 2 9
Section 2: Population 040122: Inmates in Specialized Care Units and Quarters 05/01/2022 5 9
Section 3: Sentencing 060818: Execution and control of court decision on imprisonment as a sentence 06/08/2018 5 7
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 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 250615: Recall Process 21/01/2016 7 7
Section 3: Sentencing 080716: Assessment of Protection Prisoners 08/07/2016 8 7
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 170322: Rehabilitation Programs for Persons Sentence for Life Imprisonment 17/03/2022 2 10
Section 3: Sentencing 120618: Execution and control of court decision on arrest as a safety measure 12/06/2018 5 6
Section 3: Sentencing 121020: Early/Conditional Release for Third-Country Nationals 12/10/2020 6 5
Section 3: Sentencing 100918: Sentence Management Planning 10/09/2018 4 8
Section 5: Staffing 080416: Personal Identification Badges Prison Staff Clothing 08/04/2016 2 15
Section 5: Staffing 080118: Legal Authorities of Correctional Officers and other Correctional Professionals 08/01/2018 6 9
Section 5: Staffing 240815: Prison Staff Clothing and Protective Equipment 21/01/2016 5 11
Section 5: Staffing 280917: Staff selection and assessment processes 28/09/2017 10 9
Section 5: Staffing 060519: Medical, Psychological and Physical Examination Systems for Prison Staff 07/05/2019 5 10
Section 5: Staffing 110817: Post-graduate study opportunities for prison staff 11/08/2017 3 7
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 5: Staffing 100220: Fitness to Work Assessments 10/02/2020 5 12
Section 5: Staffing 020317: Prison Officers Uniforms 01/03/2017 2 12
Section 5: Staffing 250618: Good practices with juveniles and minors in prisons and in community sanctions 25/06/2018 8 7
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 080319: Use of Mobile Phones by Prison Administrators and Prison Staff 25/02/2019 3 11
Section 7: Technology 060720: Technology to Screen Postal Mail 06/07/2020 5 9
Section 7: Technology 190619: Built-in Radio Terminals 19/06/2019 2 10
Section 7: Technology 220721: Devices capable of detecting/locating mobile phones in prisons 22/07/2021 3 10
Section 7: Technology 240718: Filing and handling requests electronically 24/07/2018 6 10
Section 7: Technology 280119: Cash-free prisons 28/01/2019 3 12
Section 7: Technology 110219: Body Scanners and Counter-Drone Technologies 11/02/2019 5 8
Section 7: Technology 220620: Digital Inmates Database 22/06/2020 3 14
Section 7: Technology 050618: Warning messages in the inmate’s phone calls 05/06/2018 1 9
Section 7: Technology 211220: Computer Systems in Prisons 21/12/2020 7 9
Section 7: Technology 080318: Motor vehicles used to escort prisoners 08/03/2018 4 11
Section 7: Technology 270117: Virtual Visits 27/01/2017 6 8
Section 7: Technology 021017: Body Scanner Technology 02/10/2017 7 12
Section 7: Technology 010518: Intelligence gathering mechanisms in prisons 30/04/2018 4 11
Section 7: Technology 290518: Visit Booking System 28/05/2018 5 10
Section 7: Technology 250417: Inmates Telephone System 25/04/2017 5 9
Section 7: Technology 080620: Reducing the Harmful Effects of Isolation 08/06/2020 3 11
Section 7: Technology 100122: Self-Service Terminals for Inmates 10/01/2022 3 11
Section 7: Technology 230316: Use of Social Media by Prisoners 21/03/2016 5 13
Section 7: Technology 110319: Technological Developments and Tools 11/03/2019 3 9
Section 7: Technology 030616:Prevention of the use of mobile phones in prisons 03/06/2016 6 8
Section 7: Technology 121219: Facial Recognition System 12/12/2019 1 15
Section 7: Technology 110216: Using dogs to find mobile phones 09/02/2016 4 10
Section 7: Technology 090315: Electronic Communication for Prisoners 20/01/2016 8 8
Section 7: Technology 180315: Telephone Terminals 21/01/2016 1 16
Section 7: Technology 160518: Prevention of forbidden items in prison 15/05/2018 6 8
Section 7: Technology 031218: Electronic devices for monitoring inmates inside prisons 03/12/2018 2 9
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

Head office

Address: Willebroekkaai 33 1000 , 1000 Brussels

Telephone: +32 2 542 8246

Website: http://justice.belgium.be/fr/themes_et_dossiers/prisons/

Email:

Head of Service

Mr Rudy Van De Voorde

Position: Director General

Appointed since: 15/10/2018

European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EUROPRIS)