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.
Patients are the responsibility of the DJI's division Forensic care,
and correctional institutions for juvenile offenders.
They undergo a special treatment or counselling and possible punishment.
This could be in a forensic psychiatric centre, but also outside of one.
An example would be outpatient care,
observation in the drug rehabilitation centre,
or in some sort of protected residential form.
Forensic care is usually imposed by the judge.
It forms part of a punishment or measure
for people who suffer from a mental or psychiatric disorder,
who committed a criminal offence.
The best-known measure within forensic care
is the forensic psychiatric treatment measure.
A personal treatment plan is prepared for a patient in forensic care.
The purpose of such a plan is to change the person's behaviour
to such an extent that he does not commit a crime again.
Forensic care also works hard each day
to ensure that the patient can return to society safely.
Other authorities, like the Probation department
take care of the patient's needs once the treatment has been completed.
By maintaining this working method,
DJI strives to ensure that people don't take up crime again once released.