Denmark has actually made strategies to rent out 300 jail cells in Kosovo to suit prisoners at the end of their sentences.
The cells will certainly be made use of for international detainees that are because of be deported after their sentences, the justice ministry stated.
The Danish federal government provided the brand-new intend on Wednesday in an initiative to suppress jail congestion.
The task additionally intends to boost the ability of the Danish jail system by 326 locations in between 2022 as well as 2025.
In 2014, some 350 detainees in Danish jails was because of be deported at the end of their sentences.
Denmark’s jail populace has actually expanded by 19% to greater than 4,000 prisoners by the begin of 2021. According to nationwide stats, Danish prisons are currently at greater than 100% of their ability.
Throughout the very same duration, the variety of warder in the nation individuals has actually dropped by 18%.
” We were mosting likely to lack as much as 1,000 locations in the jail system by 2025,” Justice Priest Nick Haekkerup stated in a declaration
” With the bargain, it is accepted rent out 300 jail locations in Kosovo as well as broaden the jail ability in Denmark by numerous hundred locations.”
Denmark is recognized for its open jails that are scheduled for prisoners offering sentences of much less than 5 years.
On the other hand, Kosovo presently has 1,642 detainees at an ability of 97%– according to the College of London’s Globe Jail Short.
Norway as well as Belgium have actually formerly leased jail cells in the Netherlands.
