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by msvalkon 3501 days ago
> Frans Carbo, the prison guards' representative from the FNV union, says his members are "angry and a little bit depressed". Young people don't want to join the prison service he adds "because there is no future in it any more - you never know when your prison will be closed".

Well this truly sounds abhorrent.

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Actually no, it sounds utopian - closing prisons because crime is low is a good thing.
I remember reading somewhere that Iceland had to close prisons due to lack of prisoners. They get a few convicts per year and have to send them abroad to prisons abroad.
I'm certain he was being sarcastic.
Correct.