How to collide PVV promises with reality

State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie (PVV) plans to release prisoners earlier. Because, she says, there is no other solution. To the great dissatisfaction of VVD, BBB and the same PVV. Last Tuesday, the BBB submitted a motion in which the cabinet was requested not to release prisoners before: it was a draw and the voices stopped.

In these Affairs Hague, Justice editor Camil Driessen and political reporter Lamyae Aharouay discuss the story that is hiding behind this moment. You hear how the prison system is set up in the Netherlands, about what ‘code black’ entails and why that ‘draw’ seems to be increasingly common. And about the collision between election promises and the reality of directors.

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Guests:

Camil Driessen & Lamyae Aharouay

Presentation:

Guus Valk

Editorial & production:

Iris Verhulsdonk

Assembly:

Pieter Bakker

Photo:

Bart Maat

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