advertentieIn the agreement on the spring memorandum, it was decided that no extra money will come for DJI. Money that is needed to structurally reduce the pressure on our capacity and to renovate buildings. Therefore, money that was intended for the expansion of youth and forensic care places is now being spent on the renovation of 1,000 cells. Additionally, a redistribution of the DJI budget will take place. This is stated by Secretary of State Struycken in the progress report he sent to the House of Representatives today.
Measure to send home earlier further developed
Despite the previously taken measures, the pressure on DJI capacity is too high. Our cells are still occupied at over 99.5%, and the overflow cells at the police are full of detainees who need to be transferred to DJI. The measure to send certain offenders home a maximum of 14 days earlier when there are insufficient places has been further developed in the past period.
No expansion of capacity without money
Without the necessary renovations of our buildings, cells will eventually be lost. Additionally, significantly more places will be needed in the coming years for both adult and juvenile offenders. This is partly due to a larger influx of offenders and the imposition of higher sentences by judges. The shortage of capacity is only increasing as a result. Undesirable, but without extra financial resources, DJI cannot expand its capacity. This means that the pressure on our staff will remain high for the time being.
Self-reporting policy
The self-reporting policy has been analyzed. This analysis leads to changes in the self-reporting policy. For example, offenders with a sentence of four years or more will not receive self-reporting status. Also, offenders whose sentence is about to expire will not receive self-reporting status. The Secretary of State also emphasizes the importance of the interests of victims in the self-report assessment and that offenders of crimes resulting in fatalities will generally not receive self-reporting status.