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Sint Maarten and the Netherlands reach agreement on corona aid: 30 million euros set aside for new prison

PHILIPSURG – The government of Sint Maarten and the Netherlands have reached a political agreement on the cusp of...

Prison guards strike leaves prison in unrest

PHILIPSBURG – Following a week of protests by various labor unions and civil servants on St. Maarten, the correctional...

Concerns about coronavirus in prison Sint Maarten

PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten is preparing itself for a fight against the coronavirus, but ‘the measures taken in the...

Knops ‘extremely worried’ about prison on Sint Maarten but it is the country’s ‘own responsibility’

THE HAGUE – Minister Raymond Knops of the Interior and Kingdom Relations is ‘extremely worried about the situation within...

Detainees too long in police station cells: no room for detainees with psychiatric problems

PHILIPSBURG – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has once more given the Kingdom a reprimand for the...

CDA demands that Sint Maarten takes action to improve prison

The Hague – The CDA says it is considering an intervention, if the new government on Sint Maarten is...

Prisoners Sint Maarten still on strike

PHILIPSBURG – The prisoners being held at the Pointe Blanche prison on Sint Maarten have been on ‘strike’ for...

Growing concerns about safety on Sint Maarten due to worsening state of prison

PHILIPSBURG – The ongoing lack of detention capacity on Sint Maarten negatively affects the safety on the streets of...

Prisoners Sint Maarten on strike: ‘this can’t be happening within the Kingdom in 2019’

PHILIPSBURG – An overflowing prison that’s crawling with roaches, almost no recreational facilities, and begging for medical assistance. The...

Major concerns about acute cell shortage: fall of Sint Maarten’s government delays progress

PHILIPSBURG – “We are very concerned, we require more detention capacity quickly. The change of government will cause delays....

Detainees held longer in police station cells on Sint Maarten despite EU supervision

PHILIPSBURG – Despite the fact that the Kingdom is under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers of the...

Detention under hospital orders (tbs) treatments also not possible on Bonaire, Statia, and Saba

KRALENDIJK – The legal code for Criminal Justice BES has had statutes for detention under hospital orders (tbs) since...

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