Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Beckett Galloway- Chaos in Belgium Prisons



     All the world is terribly aware of the nightmarish terrorist attacks plaguing Belgium, however, very few people stop to think of how this is affecting the situations in the prisons throughout the country. The recent influx of prisoners have thrown the country's prison into anarchy.
     Prison guards have been on strike for weeks on end, demanding a higher pay for their thankless job. While their meaning is to do well for themselves and their family, it has put the country's prison into shock. The understaffed prison has released over ten prisoners due to the unhealthy and uninhabitable conditions.
      With the government refusing to replace retired guards, at one point there had been about 1,000 prisoners per 10 guards, unlike the usual 100 guards. This situation, with the prisoners living in such awful conditions, makes one think of Dorthea Dix, who reformed prisons and mental health facilities in America.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/europe/belgium-prisons/index.html

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