Law Enforcement: Hungary To End Prison Overcrowding By 2018
- 27 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
The nine new prisons currently under construction in Hungary will be capable of housing a total of 6,000 inmates and will resolve the problem of prison overcrowding in the country when these facilities open in 2018, the National Command of Law Enforcement (BVOP) quoted Interior Minister Sándor Pintér as saying.
Pintér briefed the participants of the Middle Europe Corrections Roundtable (MECR) in Budapest.
Pintér spoke about the progress Hungary has made with its law enforcement system since he last briefed the roundtable six years ago.
These included, among others, the introduction of career models for the armed forces and law-enforcement staff and the passing of the new law enforcement code, the minister said.
Pintér also mentioned the rise in inmate employment and the prison construction project.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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