2023-09-17 20:26:16
To “save” the construction projects for the Vresse-sur-Semois and Bourg-Léopold prisons, the government agreed this week on a significant increase in the price ceilings, set in the public market. Article reserved for subscribers By Guillaume Derclaye (with J.Th.) Published on 09/17/2023 at 10:26 p.m. Reading time: 1 min
This week, the government confirmed plans to build two new prisons, one in Bourg-Léopold (Limburg), the other in Vresse-sur-Semois (Namur). New constructions “intended to reduce prison overcrowding by 60%. These projects provide for the reception of 624 additional inmates while there is currently a shortage of some 1,100 places,” commented the spokesperson for Mathieu Michel, Secretary of State in charge of the Buildings Authority.
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