Stone by stone: Information and discussion on (the privatization of) Prisons in the Netherlands

tumblr_mfzd6byQ6P1r4vpxio4_500When: 27 May

Where: De Klinker, Van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen

Time: 21:00

 

It’s time to share information and ideas about the recent developments in the Dutch prison system en the necessity of abolitionist struggle. Lately news on prisons has been in the media a lot. News like the ridicule idea that inmates are going to have to pay to be incarcerated, but also a call for heavier punishments in general. The prison system is undergoing a process of far reaching privatization. The state intends to make the prisons financially self-sufficient. By outsourcing the building and exploitation to private companies even more parties and people will make profit from locking up people. Continue reading