The Netherlands has been locking up people as a form of punishment
for quite some time.
The Custodial Institutions Agency, or simply DJI,
carries out this task on behalf of the Ministry of Justice and Security.
The punishments and measures handed down by the judge
are enforced by well-trained and motivated personnel.
This makes DJI a specialist in detention.
A large organisation that employs more than 14,000 people.
DJI contributes to the safety of every one of us,
by enforcing punishments and measures handed down by the judge.
This can happen within the walls of the correctional institution,
but also outside of one.
Every person detained at DJI is called a detainee.
DJI prepares detainees for their return to society.
This is done to prevent them from reverting to criminal behaviour.
We call this: reducing recidivism.
The correctional institutions hand out 80,000 sandwiches per day.
Approximately 11 million kilometres are travelled per year
for transport and support.
And an average cell measures 5 x 2 x 2.5 metres.
Linen must be washed for more than 11,000 beds.
An adult detainee spends an average of 3.5 months behind bars.
There are different types of detainees.
Adult detainees, juveniles, patients and foreign nationals.
The division Forensic care
and correctional institutions for juvenile offenders
is responsible for all juveniles that are held by DJI.
Juveniles who have committed a criminal offence or are suspected thereof,
are held in a correctional institution for juvenile offenders.
In the Netherlands, approximately 2,200 juveniles
are held in such institutions each year.
Most of them are between sixteen and twenty-one years old.
All correctional institutions for juvenile offenders
work with the same basic methodology: U-turn.
With this methodology it all revolves around
learning skills and individual responsibility.
Juveniles follow mandatory education during their detention term,
and treatment is an important part.
Each juvenile follows a personal future-oriented trajectory
which aims to ensure that he no longer shows criminal behaviour.
The role of parents is also important.
They are invited for regular talks in the juvenile correctional institution,
and are present at parents evenings or at graduation ceremonies.
By maintaining this working method,
DJI strives to ensure that people don't take up crime again once released.