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Belgian Prison Staff Strike over Overcrowding

Prison staff across Belgium began a nationwide strike at 6am on Monday, protesting against severe overcrowding, rising violence and heavy workloads.
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The Belgian prison officers are on strike this Monday to denounce a situation that has become "untenable" in the country's prisons. - BELGA Since Monday 6 a.m., a strike has affected all the prisons in the country. The prison officers denounce a situation that, according to them, has become impossible to manage: record overcrowding, rising violence, lack of staff and constant pressure on the teams. One fact remains particularly rare, the prison …

No later than Saturday night, three prison officers were the victims of an assault at Nivelles prison...

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RTBF broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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