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Introduction: A law dealing with penitents/repentants came recently into force in the Belgian Justice system. A consequence of this new law could be that for these persons special facilities should be provided in prisons. The Belgian Prison Service is now investigating under which conditions these persons should be imprisoned (the same could be valid for witnesses under protection) and would be interested to learn how other countries are dealing with these persons – have other Prison Services created special sections in prison or have they found other solutions.
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Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country? What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates? Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail. If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison? What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?no
Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country? What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates? Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail. If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison? What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?no
Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country? What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates?All prisoners are treated equally in keeping with the Prison Rules 2011
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Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country?N/A
What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates?N/A
Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail.N/A
If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison?N/A
What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?N/A
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Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country? What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates?There are no special regulations concerning these inmates, therefore there is also no special approach for them. The treatment of every inmate is beeing defined individually according to his deficits, risks and needs (individual sentence plan). So, in case of special treatment or measures needed for an inmate, such in example (high) security measures in prison for the safety of the inmate, those are beeing defined individually.
Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail.There are no special sections in the penal institutions for these persons.
If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison?See above question 3.
What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?Until now there were no protected witnesses in detention in Austria, therefore there are neither special sections in the penal institutions nore regulations for a special approach for these persons.
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Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country? What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates?There isn't a specific separate law, but according with Section 60 of The Criminal Law "Reduction of Punishment in Exceptional Cases" – If a convicted person has helped uncover a crime committed by another person which is as serious, more serious or more dangerous than the criminal offence committed by the person, the court by whose judgment such person has been convicted, may reduce the punishment specified in the judgment, but where life imprisonment has been adjudged, may substitute it with twenty years of deprivation of liberty. In addition, according with Section 13.2 Part 2 of The Sentence Execution Code of Latvia "Criteria for the Placement of Convicted Persons" – Convicted person who has helped to solve a crime committed by other persons and to whom the court has reduced the sentence according with the order set by The Criminal Law, the convicted person is placed separately from other convicted persons if he/she has requested it. According with Section 13.2 Part 3 of The Sentence Execution Code of Latvia, if the convicted person is a judge, a person adherent to the judicial system, employee/previous employee/spouse or first degree relative of an employee or ex-employee of investigation institution, criminal sentence execution institution, operative work implementing state institution, municipal police or other state and society safety ensuring state institution, the convicted person is placed separately from other convicted persons. Latvian Prison Administration does not keep a record of penitents/repentants; however, we would like to know more about this issue in case it will become current in Latvia in the future.
Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail. If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison? What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?no
Can you explain the meaning of the law in your country?Sweden does not have a special law for people exiting or for anything like that.
What is your approach in the Prison System to these persons/inmates?As we understand it this law concerns people who are exiting gangs or criminal organisation etc. Sweden does not have a special law for this but within the prison service we are dealing with the threats that might apear when an offender is leaving a criminal orgnaisation. Sweden have certain wings in certain prisons who are recieving people with threats. Usually small wings with a lot of staff.
Are there special sections for these persons? If yes, please explain in more detail.Yes see above
If no, are there any other specific approaches / conditions for such persons in prison? What is the approach with regard to protected witnesses who are in detention?We do special assessments of the threats and then decides where to Place the offender.We have special wings and prisons for this.