A group of around 50 ethnically diverse civil servants have written to Minister Judith Uitermark of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations asking her to take “structural measures” against the daily “institutional racism, discrimination, and ethnic profiling” they experience while working for the national government, NRC reports. Uitermark said in the letter to parliament that the report presents “a shocking picture” …
Due to the shortage of prison guards, outgoing Minister Franc Weerwind is taking two additional measures to reduce the pressure on prisons acutely. For instance, people who still have to serve a prison sentence of up to two months will have to do so at a later date. For instance, he wants to make electronic supervision at the end of …
