Guards worried about tablet in cell

the hague - Prison staff makes an alarm about a plan to allow prisoners to arrange themselves much more via tablets.

The central works council is worried, because the plan would cost jobs, writes the AD. Also, prisoners, for example, by arranging the library and money matters via the tablet, would stay longer in their cell, which would result in much-needed contact with them.

The concerns are written in an internal fire letter from the Works Council at the top of the Ministry of Justice and Security, writes the newspaper. By having detainees more self-organized via tablets, there are fears of more incidents.

For the time being, only a test will take place in the prisons of Lelystad and Dordrecht and in a youth facility in Nijmegen, but there are plans to implement the procedure nationally. The SP in the House of Representatives reacts with concern. 'This seems like a cost-saving measure and does not serve safety,' says MP Michiel van Nispen.

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