JUST IN: Europe SHOCKED That Prisons Are “Overcrowded” With Foreign Inmates, Council Of Europe Report Finds – REMIX
One in three European prison systems is now officially overcrowded, with Western countries bearing the brunt.
“Prison administrations like Switzerland (72 percent), Greece (54 percent), Austria (53 percent), Catalonia (50 percent), and Germany (49 percent) report extremely high proportions of foreign inmates,” the report noted.
Some facilities in Sweden are operating at over 140 percent capacity following a spike in crime in recent years.
Italy, on the other hand, revealed this week it was exploring the early release of more than 10,000 prisoners as a response to severe overcrowding — an unprecedented move for the Meloni government, which has until now opposed any so-called “prison-emptying” measures.