Belgium Container Prison Housing Project Faces Serious Delays

Belgium Faces Serious Delays in Its Container Housing Project for Overcrowded PrisonsPromised within months, the prison containers now face a much later deadline.

Three hundred extra places were intended to ease overcrowding in Belgian prisons.

Matz blamed the Justice Ministry, saying stricter technical requirements suddenly emerged midway. Verlinden's office countered that the original framework agreement predates the current government.

Officials insist the delay stems from Buildings Agency preparations, not ministry changes. Meanwhile, nearly six hundred inmates still sleep on mattresses placed on floors.