- The Netherlands has closed more than 23 prisons over the past decade due to a steadily declining crime rate12345. The country has closed prisons in Zoetermeer, Zeist, Almere, and Zwaag3. The cost of maintaining the prisons is too high, and the prisons aren’t cost-efficient because thousands of prison cells are going unused1. Some of the now-empty buildings are being sold off, while others offer temporary shelter for refugees5.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.The Netherlands will close five of its prisons over the next few years because the cost of maintaining them is too high. The reason why the prisons aren’t cost-efficient, however, is something of a national blessing: thanks to the country’s steadily declining crime rate, thousands of prison cells are going unused.qz.com/644914/the-netherlands-keeps-having-to-cl…The Dutch government has closed more than 23 prisons as the number of prisoners halved in a decade.Crime rates in the Netherlands have decreased every year, resulting in many of the country's persons closing permanently.www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/d56d42d1It’s so low that, while the U.S. struggles with prison overcrowding, the Dutch have shut down dozens of prisons in recent years because there were no criminals to fill the cells. Now, the Rotterdam-based newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reports that four more Dutch prisons are set to close in Zoetermeer, Zeist, Almere and Zwaag.bigthink.com/culture-religion/the-dutch-are-closing-…
Since 2014, the Netherlands has closed 23 prisons, turning some into temporary asylum centers, housing, and hotels. Why? Because the Netherlands doesn’t have enough prisoners to fill all these jail cells thanks to a growing tendency to avoid jailing people unless it is necessary.
www.optimistdaily.com/2019/12/this-is-why-the-net…Last year, the Dutch government decided to close four more prisons. Some of the now-empty buildings are being sold off, while others offer temporary shelter for refugees. The former Bijlmerbajes prison complex in Amsterdam even housed a Syrian refugee-run pop-up restaurant before it was demolished last year.www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/201… - People also ask
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