Prison reform in failure. Who benefits from prison?

As part of the National Prison Days, the Action Laïque Center of the province of Luxembourg and its partners are organizing a conference entitled: "Penal reform in failure. Who does the prison benefit?" on Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM at the former palace in Arlon. Drawing on 35 years of experience in the management of penal institutions, Marc Dizier will offer a ground-level perspective on the evolution of the Belgian prison system and the difficulties it faces today. The laws of 2005 and 2006 aimed to regulate the internal and external legal status of detained persons as well as the execution of sentences and penal measures. Twenty years later, the prison system is undergoing a profound crisis, marked in particular by prison overcrowding and difficulties in guaranteeing respect for the fundamental rights of detained persons. While the new Penal Code does not seem, on its own, able to resolve these issues, this meeting will question the limits of penal reform and the place of prison in our society. An evening open to everyone to better understand the realities of confinement, reflect together on the future of the prison system and feed the debate around an essential question: who does prison benefit? In partnership with the Arlon Prison Monitoring Commission, FAMD, and Haute Ecole Robert Schuman in joint degree with Hénallux.