[Netherlands] Minister Plans to Largely Abolish Prison Sentences / NISNews.nl, 5 May 2007
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"Most criminals in the Netherlands should be able to serve their sentence at home in the future. Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin is to introduce house arrest as a new main punishment. Criminals can then also visit friends or a mosque for two hours a day."