Sécurité & Justice
No article published in this topic yet — in the meantime, here is the essence of the debate and our tools to compare the parties on « Sécurité & Justice ».
Understanding the issue
Belgium faces record prison overcrowding (over 12,000 inmates for roughly 10,400 places in early 2024) and intense drug trafficking through the ports of Antwerp and Brussels. A judicial backlog and police staffing shortages add pressure. Two poles compete: prevention, reintegration and tackling social root causes on one side; firmness, effective enforcement of sentences and tougher repression on the other.