罪犯太少 荷蘭監獄竟然要關門

　　The Netherlands is suffering an unusual crimeproblem: there isn't enough of it to fill prisons.

　　荷蘭正面對著一個變態的犯法題目：海內罪犯太少致使牢獄閑置。

　　Figures from the Dutch ministry of justice suggestoverall crime will drop by 0.9% a year in the nextfive years.

　　荷蘭法律部宣布的數據表現，往後5年整體犯法率每一年都將降低0.9%。

　　"More than a third of cells are not used, and thepredictions are that it is going to get worse," saidJaap Oosterveer, a spokesman for the ministry of justice. "Obviously, from a socialperspective, it is better because crime is down, but if you work in jails, it is not good news."

　　法律部消息談話人夏侯雅伯·奧斯塔維爾表現：“今朝有跨越三分之一的牢獄是空置的，而且依據預，這一情形只會變得更糟。固然從社會角度來看，犯法率下降是功德，但對付在牢獄事情的人來，這就不是甚麽好新聞了。”

　　The government of the Netherlands is planning to close down five more prisons, after closingeight jails in 2009 and shutting down another 19 in 2014.

　　荷蘭當局籌劃再封閉5所牢獄，荷蘭在2009年和2014年前後封閉了8所與19所牢獄。

　　The Netherlands has been innovative in trying to solve its jail problem. It has "leased" spotsin jails to Belgium and Norway. The country also signed a new three-year deal with Norway lastSeptember, with 240 Norwegian convicts taking up residence at a jail in Drenthe.

　　荷蘭在辦理其牢獄題目上一向頗具"立異精力"：荷蘭向比利時和挪威"出租"牢獄床位;客歲9月還與挪威新簽署了3年期的出租協定，240名挪威罪犯被安頓到荷蘭德倫特省的一處牢獄。

　　Karl Hillesland, Dutch prisons' director, told the country's broadcaster RTV Drenthe last monththat there is even a "small waiting list", partly due to the success of promotional films shown inNorway.

　　荷蘭一名名叫卡爾·希爾艾斯蘭德的獄長上個月接收國度電視台RTV采訪時表現，如今乃至湧現了一個“小型期待名單”，部門緣故原由是在挪威播放的宣揚片很勝利。