Drs Femke Hofstee- van der Meulen, working at the Ministry of Security and Justice gave us an insight into the situation of Dutch nationals in foreign prisons and of Foreigners in Dutch prisons. Her research was done as part of her PhD and commissioned by the ministry.

Some facts: 2,300 Dutch nationals are in foreign prisons. They are visited once or twice a year by the Embassy and once a month by Dutch volunteers, who live locally. This is fairly unique. Virtually nothing is done to prepare them to return to society. Often the conviction is related to drugs and a large proportion is poorly educated.

Compared to other European countries, the Netherlands has more foreigners in prison. In Europe 1 in 6; in the Netherlands 1 in 4 to 5. England, with four times as many inhabitants as the Netherlands, has "only" 2600 foreign prisoners. But the Netherlands has a total of 12000 people in prison and England 88000! A lively discussion ensued about the big differences between the countries and how humane everything was. The number of participants was 20.

Description

Lecture by Drs. Femke Hofstee-van der Meulen, employed by the Ministry of Security and Justice.
Among other things, she has conducted research on:
-Counselling of Dutch nationals detained abroad.
-'Dolmatov's case' (died in fire in penitentiary at Schiphol)

During her lecture, in addition to the above topics, she will also pay attention to immigration detention in the Netherlands and the Security and Justice Inspectorate

12.00 reception with coffee/tea/beverage
12.30 sandwich lunch
13.30 lecture by Femke Hofstee
approx 15.00 end

Speaker(s)

Drs. F. (Femke) Hofstee-van der Meulen, Ministry of Security and Justice

Location

Teahouse Cruquius

Cruquiusdijk 32; 2142 ER Cruquius

Organiser

Region North-Holland

Name and contact details for information

For more information, please contact Eli Herremans at

feikjeliherremans@gmail.com