Current Affairs Justice Minister qualifies warning of prison service “collapse” due to overcrowding

09-07-2009 15:56 | Rob Cameron

The Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová has qualified comments made earlier this week on overcrowding in the country’s prisons. The comments came at the end of a two-day inspection trip to penal facilities around the Czech Republic, and were interpreted by the media as suggesting the Czech prison system was close to collapse. This is not the case, says Mrs Kovářová, although the situation is serious.

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