Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (NL)

Certain data is only accessible by staff in prison/correctional agencies. Log in or register to view more.

Netherlands
Prison Service
National Population:
17 828 163
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
46

Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
59
Avg. Prisoner Population:
10 318
Total available prisoner places:
11 283
Official design capacity:
12 070

Questions answered by this agency:

Category	Title	Date	Questions	Responses
Section 9: Regime & Activities	200216: Family Days in Prison	29/02/2016	6	9
Section 9: Regime & Activities	130720: Religion in Prisons	13/07/2020	6	16
Section 9: Regime & Activities	150514: Inmates Labour	14/12/2015	5	4
Section 9: Regime & Activities	071116: Visiting Facilities	07/11/2016	4	14
Section 9: Regime & Activities	310718: Programs for Violent Detainees	25/07/2018	5	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	010920: Offer and Organisation of Workshops/Education	01/09/2020	6	15
Section 9: Regime & Activities	181119: Drug Tests	29/11/2019	5	6
Section 9: Regime & Activities	170220: Use of Restricted Regimes for Protection Reasons	17/02/2020	5	7
Section 9: Regime & Activities	261115: Prison Chaplains	04/02/2016	2	15
Section 9: Regime & Activities	070618: Family visits	07/06/2018	3	13
Section 9: Regime & Activities	200720: Future workshops in prisons	20/07/2020	2	8
Section 9: Regime & Activities	220715: Workshops within the Prison	21/01/2016	6	10
Section 9: Regime & Activities	011117: Prison Production	01/11/2017	4	9
Section 9: Regime & Activities	180221: Disciplinary rewards and disciplinary punishments for persons serving prison sentence	18/02/2021	2	11
Section 9: Regime & Activities	181021: Right of Prisoners for Education	18/10/2021	7	13
Section 9: Regime & Activities	250117:Community Involvement	25/01/2017	6	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	270219: Regulations Regarding Coronavirus	27/02/2020	2	7
Section 9: Regime & Activities	190118: Children Staying With Their Mothers In Prison	19/01/2018	4	12
Section 9: Regime & Activities	050517: Agricultural Activities in Prison	05/05/2017	9	7
Section 9: Regime & Activities	270516: Resocialisation in Prisons	27/05/2016	8	8
Section 9: Regime & Activities	190819: Sentence planning and rehabilitation programmes for organised crime, white collar crime and fraud offenders	22/08/2019	3	9
Section 9: Regime & Activities	240117: Prison visits_Information Family Members	24/01/2017	7	13
Section 8: Finance	090519: Incentives for Employers of (Ex)Offenders	27/05/2019	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	270921: Safety Issues of Prisons in Built-up areas	27/09/2021	2	4
Section 1: General Information	080218: The process for complaints about discrimination in prison	08/02/2018	7	8
Section 1: General Information	270519: Recidivism of sentenced prisoners	25/06/2019	6	9
Section 1: General Information	070817: Prisoner Escort	07/08/2017	8	7
Section 1: General Information	300818: Prison Administration Supervision	27/08/2018	3	11
Section 1: General Information	280915: Home Kenneling	22/01/2016	6	10
Section 1: General Information	111017: Service Dogs in Prison	11/10/2017	7	9
Section 1: General Information	100216: Ex-Offenders Employment	04/02/2016	4	13
Section 1: General Information	240620: Prison Shops	24/06/2020	3	13
Section 1: General Information	220218: Fire in Prisons	22/02/2018	6	10
Section 1: General Information	240221: The future entry into force of sentences of 3 years or less	24/02/2021	6	10
Section 1: General Information	230517: Resocialisation Program Accreditation	23/05/2017	6	7
Section 1: General Information	290716: Internal Prison Inspection Mechanism	28/07/2016	5	12
Section 1: General Information	041119: Razors in Prisons	08/11/2019	5	8
Section 1: General Information	041017: Transgender / transsexual inmates	04/10/2017	4	8
Section 1: General Information	140119: Cooking and Dining	14/01/2019	3	13
Section 1: General Information	271115: Immunity Unit	04/02/2016	4	7
Section 1: General Information	150316: NGOs in Prisons	14/03/2016	5	12
Section 1: General Information	021117: Prison Canteen (Commissary) or Tuck Shop	02/11/2017	4	14
Section 1: General Information	170821: Prison Inspections Bodies and Entities	17/08/2021	4	11
Section 1: General Information	150620: Employment of Highly Qualified Inmates	18/06/2020	3	11
Section 1: General Information	050121: Restorative programs in prison systems	05/01/2021	4	13
Section 1: General Information	190418: Public-private partnership projects	18/04/2018	3	5
Section 1: General Information	250518: ISO certification in prisons	25/05/2018	6	9
Section 1: General Information	040918: Prison clothing	04/09/2018	4	14
Section 4: Healthcare	070317: E-cigarette in Prisons	07/03/2017	3	8
Section 4: Healthcare	210921: Use of SCRAs in prison	21/09/2021	5	5
Section 4: Healthcare	310518: Mental health, palliative care and geriatrics	31/05/2018	2	7
Section 4: Healthcare	170321: Health Care in Prisons	17/03/2021	10	17
Section 4: Healthcare	310315: Mentally Ill Disabled Offenders_2	22/01/2016	4	5
Section 4: Healthcare	161117: Fentanyl Use in Prisons	16/11/2017	7	11
Section 4: Healthcare	171218: Institutionalised people in custody	17/12/2018	6	8
Section 4: Healthcare	110619: Medical Prison Staff	12/06/2019	5	9
Section 4: Healthcare	150715: Suicide Self-inflicted Death Prevention	21/01/2016	3	14
Section 4: Healthcare	011220: Measures & Practices and Models Implemented in Order to Reduce the Use of Solitary Confinement and Isolation in Prisons of High Security	01/12/2020	5	9
Section 4: Healthcare	110321: Psychological Interventions to People in Custody	03/11/2021	7	6
Section 10: Order	230419: Control of inmate correspondence	26/04/2019	6	6
Section 10: Order	111218: Mechanical fixations for the immobilisation of inmates in prisons	11/12/2018	5	10
Section 10: Order	290416: Purchase Transportation of Prisoners	29/04/2016	4	11
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 10: Order	120220: Shackling Convicts When Outside Cells	12/02/2020	3	8
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	021015: Control Activities at Night	22/01/2016	3	9
Section 10: Order	180915: Inmate Body Search	22/01/2016	5	13
Section 14: Other	110821: European Prison Training Centre Construction Practices and Educational Programmes	11/08/2021	4	6
Section 2: Population	090320: Juvenile offenders	09/03/2020	4	10
Section 2: Population	111119: Drug Testing	11/11/2019	4	10
Section 2: Population	170418: Specific compensatory remedies for poor detention conditions	17/04/2018	5	9
Section 2: Population	161121: Financial Management of Prisoners Personal Funds	16/11/2021	7	2
Section 2: Population	240420: Classification of prisoners to Different Types of Prisons	24/04/2020	5	10
Section 2: Population	020821: Men and Women in the Same Prison	02/08/2021	5	8
Section 2: Population	200818: Model used for forecasting future inmate population	20/08/2018	5	10
Section 2: Population	260721: KMS on studies of prison population recidivism.	26/07/2021	6	4
Section 3: Sentencing	060916: Changing the Regime Decision	06/09/2016	4	10
Section 3: Sentencing	141220: Designation of Regime and Security Levels	14/12/2020	3	13
Section 3: Sentencing	250418: Legal regulations on release of life sentenced inmates in the EU member states	25/04/2018	7	11
Section 5: Staffing	080118: Legal Authorities of Correctional Officers and other Correctional Professionals	08/01/2018	6	9
Section 5: Staffing	071217: Addiction reduction programmes	07/12/2017	4	8
Section 5: Staffing	060519: Medical, Psychological and Physical Examination Systems for Prison Staff	07/05/2019	5	10
Section 5: Staffing	310517: Resocialisation Program Implementation.	31/05/2017	7	9
Section 5: Staffing	280917: Staff selection and assessment processes	28/09/2017	10	9
Section 5: Staffing	080317: Transgender staff	08/03/2017	2	5
Section 5: Staffing	250618: Good practices with juveniles and minors in prisons and in community sanctions	25/06/2018	8	7
Section 5: Staffing	010317: Education of Correctional Officers	23/02/2017	4	12
Section 5: Staffing	010617: Recruitment and Motivation of Employees	01/06/2017	6	11
Section 5: Staffing	180716: Number of Security Staff	01/07/2016	3	10
Section 5: Staffing	110817: Post-graduate study opportunities for prison staff	11/08/2017	3	7
Section 5: Staffing	250414: Right to Strike	19/01/2016	6	10
Section 5: Staffing	090817: Staff Security	01/08/2017	4	9
Section 5: Staffing	100220: Fitness to Work Assessments	10/02/2020	5	12
Section 7: Technology	250417: Inmates Telephone System	25/04/2017	5	9
Section 7: Technology	010518: Intelligence gathering mechanisms in prisons	30/04/2018	4	11
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	220721: Devices capable of detecting/locating mobile phones in prisons	22/07/2021	3	10
Section 7: Technology	211220: Computer Systems in Prisons	21/12/2020	7	9
Section 7: Technology	020320: Access to Technology	05/03/2020	4	11
Section 7: Technology	081220: Copyright Fees Concerning the Use of TV-Sets	08/12/2020	2	6
Section 7: Technology	230316: Use of Social Media by Prisoners	21/03/2016	5	13
Section 7: Technology	190619: Built-in Radio Terminals	19/06/2019	2	10
Section 7: Technology	220620: Digital Inmates Database	22/06/2020	3	14
Section 7: Technology	160518: Prevention of forbidden items in prison	15/05/2018	6	8
Section 7: Technology	290518: Visit Booking System	28/05/2018	5	10
Section 7: Technology	060720: Technology to Screen Postal Mail	06/07/2020	5	9
Section 7: Technology	140316: UAVs in Prison Environment	14/03/2016	6	13
Section 7: Technology	080620: Reducing the Harmful Effects of Isolation	08/06/2020	3	11
Section 7: Technology	080318: Motor vehicles used to escort prisoners	08/03/2018	4	11
Section 7: Technology	021017: Body Scanner Technology	02/10/2017	7	12
Section 12: Throughcare	170820: Restraining Beds	19/08/2020	4	8
Section 12: Throughcare	270820: Religious services in prisons	27/08/2020	6	18