In Aren prison are according to information from the Belgian authorities Eva Kaili and the three people arrested in last Friday's operation. Aren has been the biggest public project in Belgium for the last four years and this is because it embodies what the country "defines" as penitentiary
The project, which was undertaken by a private company on behalf of the Belgian state, cost taxpayers a little less than a billion euros.
The seven main and all secondary operating buildings of the complex cover an area of 150,000 square meters while the green spaces at the facility are more than 22,000 square meters.
The construction of this facility started in 2018 and was handed over to the Belgian authorities last September. The aim of the Belgians in the near future is to house 1,190 inmates in this facility.
There are 7 buildings that make up what the Belgian authorities call "Aren village". There is an intake centre for men, a detention centre for men, a closed detention centre for women, an open detention centre for women, a monitoring and interview centre, a psychological support centre and food work centres.
The aim of the political leadership in Belgium is a definitive change in the way the prison system is run but also the emptying of the three prisons in the centre of Brussels, St. Gilles, Forest and Berquenthal, in order to reduce the prison population and to make the process of reintegration into society meaningful.
In Aren mothers can live with their children in homes where, depending on the sentence imposed by the local courts, they can take leave and work outside the infrastructure. This also applies to male prisoners who have sentences of less than six years.
None of the cells detention areas and infrastructure of what is probably the most modern prison in Europe have bars on windows and exits.
The entire site is guarded by state-of-the-art technological control and surveillance systems and the fence surrounding the vast area is also among the most modern.
The project was handed over to the Belgian government on schedule in mid-September and the inauguration took place on 30 September. The Belgian authorities have started transporting food from the prisons within the capital since late November.
Source: cnn.gr
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