https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Increasingly tense conditions related to the presence of gang members in Denmark’s prisons have resulted in the introduction of a new intelligence agency. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180727/denmark-introduces-prison-intelligence-service Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:06:01 +0200 denmark-introduces-prison-intelligence-service Denmark’s prisons agency Kriminalforsorgen has taken new steps to prevent the spread of extremist material in the country’s jails. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180706/danish-prisons-switch-off-internet-for-inmates-after-extremist-content-found-on-playstations Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:14:40 +0200 danish-prisons-switch-off-internet-for-inmates-after-extremist-content-found-on-playstations Danish Justice Minister Søren Pind is set to put forth a new proposal that would see Denmark’s justice system outsource its prison sentences to third party countries such as Poland and Romania, through parliament. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160421/denmark-foreign-criminals-should-serve-time-abroad Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:17:38 +0200 denmark-foreign-criminals-should-serve-time-abroad Responding to what has been described as a "huge problem" inside Denmark's prisons, the government has announced plans to keep radicalized inmates away from others. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151104/danish-prisons-to-separate-radicalised-inmates Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:10:02 +0100 danish-prisons-to-separate-radicalised-inmates “Date an Inmate”, a Facebook dating page where women can arrange behind-bars romance and even the occasional conjugal visit, has gained more than 10,000 members in the two weeks since it was set up. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150129/danish-date-an-inmate-site-draws-thousands Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:15:00 +0100 danish-date-an-inmate-site-draws-thousands There is no reason that foreign criminals can't sleep 12-15 to a room, the Danish People's Party said. Their proposal was backed by Venstre, which thinks that foreign criminals have it way too good in Danish prisons. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140806/house-foreign-criminals-in-shuttered-barracks-df Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:35:02 +0200 house-foreign-criminals-in-shuttered-barracks-df Justice minister has decided to follow the recommendations of the Danish Prison and Probation Service and will now allow officers to carry pepper spray under certain circumstances. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140714/prison-officers-pepper-spray Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:37:00 +0200 prison-officers-pepper-spray