Only English and Dutch in EBI to prevent smuggling of groceries
The party wants to make it even more difficult for messages to get out.
The EBI is the strongest guarded prison in the Netherlands. The inside of the EBI are currently Willem Holleeder and Ridouan Taghi: tough and dangerous flights. They are in a tight regime with little freedom.
Still, it seems that Taghi had contact with the outside world through his cousin, who was his lawyer. The OM suspects 38-year-old Youssef T. of being Taghi’s messenger.
The VVD therefore wants a stricter regime in prison. MP Ulysse Ellian proposes to avoid contact with the outside world as much as possible. “For example, by using fewer telephones when visiting, calling a maximum of once a week and only to someone who is at a police station.”
Only Dutch and English
Ellian also believes that secret messages are being shared in a language that guards don’t speak.
Last week, the minister closed the airspace above the prison for six months to prevent escapes. But the EBI completely from the outside world, that’s not possible, Ellian also knows.
Preventing Murders
He thinks it is necessary to be stronger. “If you want to defend the rule of law, it also means that you dare to say to the Taghis of this world: we are going to reduce the risk of violence and murder.”
Today, the VVD is submitting a motion during a debate with Minister Weerwind about prisons. It is expected that a majority of the House will agree. Coalition partner CDA has already indicated that it agrees.