Thursday, October 30, 2008

Psychiatric Institutions for Criminals Overcrowded


Judges are deciding more and more to send people to psychiatric institutions for lesser crimes. Attorneys say that increasingly the protection of society is becoming the first priority. However, this leads to an overcrowding of the so-called long term departments of these institutions. The waiting list is now 15 months and criminals spend this time in jail.www.parool.nl/parool/nl/7/Misdaad/article/detail/39337/2008/10/27/Tbs-stelsel-is-tijdbom.dhtml

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