HALF OPEN - NOT A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN - THE HALF OPEN 'DE FLEDDERVOORT' INSTITUTION AT VEENHUIZEN NETHERLANDS

• NCJ Number: 31747
• Journal: BALANS Volume: 6 Issue: 7 Dated: (AUGUST 1975) Pages: 1-6
• Author(s): G M GROEN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Gevangeniswezen
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

INMATES WHOSE BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN GOOD, WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST 14 DAYS AND HAVE FROM TWO TO THREE MONTHS YET TO SERVE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 'DE FLEDDERWOORT', WHICH HAS A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF TEN.

Abstract

SIX GROUP LEADERS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE INMATES AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A GROUP. INMATES WORK IN THE LAUNDRY OF THE VEENHUIZEN INSTITUTION AND ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK. A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE INSTITUTIONAL STORE, THE DAILY SCHEDULE, RADIO AND TELEVISION FACILITIES, ARRANGEMENTS FOR VISITORS, RECREATION, ETC. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT LIFE AT SUCH AN INSTITUTION IS NOT EASY, BUT THAT, INSTEAD, THERE IS REGIMENTATION AND THE INMATES MUST WORK HARD. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INCLUDED SHOWING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SCENES AT 'DE FLEDDERWOORT'. --IN DUTCH