Author(s):

Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection
of Juveniles (RSJ)

Published date:

20/02/2025

On February 20, 2025, the Advisory Division of the Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles (hereinafter referred to as ‘the RSJ’) issued an advisory report on its own initiative on women in secure custodial settings. Considering the specific background characteristics and needs of women, and the lack of regard for these within correctional institutions, the Bangkok Rules were drafted by the UN. These rules form the normative framework for this advisory report. The RSJ assessed the Dutch situation against this framework with reference to a number of themes in the prison system, young offenders institutions and forensic care. The themes concern the way in which the correctional institutions are organised, policy development, the connection to gender-specific needs of women, the living environment and treatment, and finally the perspective of women after their release.