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Prison crisis, Dutch style: too few prisoners

By Washington Examiner
Published April 11, 2014 10:18am ET
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government is facing an unusual crisis: Prison undercrowding.

There are now more guards and other prison staff than prisoners in the Netherlands for the first time, according to data released by the Justice Ministry on Friday.

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