罪犯太少 荷蘭監獄竟然要關門?

The Netherlands is suffering an unusual crime problem: there isn't enough of it to fill prisons.
荷蘭正面臨着一個反常的犯罪問題：國內罪犯太少導致監獄閒置。

Figures from the Dutch ministry of justice suggest overall crime will drop by 0.9% a year in the next five years.
荷蘭司法部發佈的數據顯示，今後5年總體犯罪率每年都將下降0.9%。

"More than a third of cells are not used, and the predictions are that it is going to get worse," said Jaap Oosterveer, a spokesman for the ministry of justice. "Obviously, from a social perspective, it is better because crime is down, but if you work in jails, it is not good news."
司法部新聞發言人夏侯雅伯·奧斯塔維爾表示：“目前有超過三分之一的監獄是空置的，並且根據預，這一情況只會變得更糟。當然從社會角度來看，犯罪率降低是好事，但對於在監獄工作的人來，這就不是什麼好消息了。”

The government of the Netherlands is planning to close down five more prisons, after closing eight jails in 2009 and shutting down another 19 in 2014.
荷蘭政府計劃再關閉5所監獄，荷蘭在2009年和2014年先後關閉了8所與19所監獄。

The Netherlands has been innovative in trying to solve its jail problem. It has "leased" spots in jails to Belgium and Norway. The country also signed a new three-year deal with Norway last September, with 240 Norwegian convicts taking up residence at a jail in Drenthe.
荷蘭在解決其監獄問題上一直頗具"創新精神"：荷蘭向比利時和挪威"出租"監獄牀位；去年9月還與挪威新簽訂了3年期的出租協議，240名挪威罪犯被安置到荷蘭德倫特省的一處監獄。

Karl Hillesland, Dutch prisons' director, told the country's broadcaster RTV Drenthe last month that there is even a "small waiting list", partly due to the success of promotional films shown in Norway.
荷蘭一位名叫卡爾·希爾艾斯蘭德的獄長上個月接受國家電視臺RTV採訪時表示，現在甚至出現了一個“小型等待名單”，部分原因是在挪威播放的宣傳片很成功。