Twice in the past six weeks, burglars broke into a minimum-security prison and stole televisions from cells while prisoners were on weekend leave, a spokesman for the justice ministry said on Wednesday. The prison, in the town of Hoorn 26 miles north-east of Amsterdam, is for inmates near the end of their sentences.
The facility is what the Dutch government calls a "very modestly protected environment", where prisoners transition back into society. They are typically allowed weekend leave.
The thefts happened on two separate weekends about a month apart in March and April. The ministry spokesman said it has still not been able to confirm how the burglars gained access.
A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in the region confirmed only that a break-in at the prison had been reported to police and added that no arrests had yet been made.
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Inside job? Maybe it was the prisoners themselves! They knew when they wouldn't be there, and they knew where the TVs were. Hmm...
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