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A joint union strike action notice has been filed for the prisons of Forest, Saint-Gilles and Berkendael, Grégory Wallez, federal secretary of the CGSP Prison union, has announced.
The driver responsible for a fatal accident on 2 February on Place Philippe Werrie in Jette has been sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of €24,000.
Haren, a real ‘village in the city’ some 12km from the Grand-Place and yet still part of Brussels commune, will get its controversial prison in 2022, according to project contractor Denys.
An inmate at Saint-Gilles prison was released on Christmas Eve by mistake after an officer misinterpreted a legal document.
A prisoner was murdered by another inmate in the prison of Saint-Gilles yesterday.
Michel Lelièvre, an accomplice of Belgian child killer Marc Dutroux, has been released from prison. Lelièvre will serve the final two years of his 25-year sentence outside of the prison.
The sentencing enforcement tribunal of Brussels ordered a new psychiatric assessment of notorious convicted paedophile Marc Dutroux on Monday, following a request from his lawyers, reports RTBF.
The Belgian section of an international group campaigning for prisoners' rights has strongly criticised conditions in the prison of Saint-Gilles.
Ultima Vez dance company has heeded the call of the Vanaja Prison in Finland, which asked other women’s prisons in Europe to follow-up their dance video with one of their own.
