In Denmark, jail shouldn’t be free | EUROtoday

Phave his keep in jail. A double penalty? Not the least on the earth, for the Danish authorities, who didn’t have the slightest scruples by adopting in 2001 a regulation on this sense in Parliament. “It’s not free to reside in jail. It is pure that detainees contribute to the bills of their incarceration and are thus accountable for their acts and penalties, “said the PointBjoern Brandenborg, spokesperson for legal issues of the Social Democratic Party in power.

Certainly the contribution of prisoners is modest, even symbolic, of 30 crowns (4 euros) per day. “But important as a result of it reduces the sensation of passivity of prisoners, who really feel that they actively take part within the functioning of the neighborhood, even inside …