Mixed system: Belgium. Who is in charge? Conditional release in Belgium as a complex bifurcation practice Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Decisions to release prisoners are a highly sensitive and often debated issue in Belgium. The early release system has undergone some fundamental changes over the last two decades. Since February 2007, independent multidisciplinary sentence implementation courts decide on the detention trajectory of offenders sentenced to more than three years of imprisonment. However, the minister of Justice still has the authority to decide on most other ...