Information for the press and media

• Please read the privacy statement for journalists
• Take a look at our corporate movies
• Are you not from the media? Please visit the contact form

Spokespersons

If you would like to get in touch with the press office, please contact one of the following spokespersons. Outsideof  office hours, a spokesperson is on call at +31 70 426 60 60.

Mijke Bol
Mobile: +31 6 25 24 30 13
E-mail: m.bol@minjenv.nl

Absent: Friday

• General questions about the Prison Service and Penitentiary Institutions
• Transport and Support Service (DV&O)

Daniel van Dam
Mobile: +31 6 52 79 93 66
E-mail: d.j.van.dam@minjenv.nl

Absent: Thursday

• General questions about Forensic care, NIFP and Juvenile Detention Centers

Demi van Bakel
Mobile: +31 6 15 51 20 32
E-mail: d.b.m.van.bakel@minjenv.nl

Absent: Friday

• General questions about immigration detention

Charlotte Hees
Mobile: +31 6 50 15 71 03
E-mail: c.j.hees@minjenv.nl

Absent from July 6 due to maternity leave.

Regional spokespersons

For questions regarding a specific location, see the contact details below.

Outside office hours, a regional spokesperson with on-call service can be reached on telephone number +31 88 07 26 280. The on-call service is only intended for urgent matters. Please note: if you do not receive an immediate answer on the on-call number, please leave your name and telephone number on the voicemail. You will then be called back as soon as possible.

René Hut

Mobile: +31 6 52 75 36 09
E-mail: r.hut@dji.minjus.nl

• Penitentiary Institutions North-East region: PI Achterhoek, PI Almelo, PI Leeuwarden, PI Ter Apel, PI Veenhuizen (Esserheem, Groot Bankenbosch and Norgerhaven), PI Zwolle
• Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry Veldzicht
• Juvenile Detention Centre De Haven (PI Veenhuizen)

Christa Lemmen

Mobile: +31 6 21 44 74 37
E-mail: c.lemmen@dji.minjus.nl

Absent: Friday

• Penitentiary Institutions South region: PI Vught, PI Grave, PI Arnhem, PI Middelburg, PI South-East (Ter Peel, Roermond) and PI Sittard

Michael de Hoogh

Mobile: +31 6 25 24 80 35
E-mail: m.d.hoogh@dji.minjus.nl

Absent: Wednesday (odd weeks) or Friday (even weeks)

• Penitentiary Institutions in the Central Region: PI Lelystad, PI Krimpen aan den IJssel, PI Nieuwegein, PI Nieuwersluis, PI Rotterdam (De Schie and Hoogvliet)
• Detention of Immigrants: Detention Centre Rotterdam, Judicial Complex Zeist and Judicial Complex Schiphol
• State Juvenile Detention Centres: RJJI De Hartelborgt Spijkenisse, RJJI Den Hey-Acker Breda, RJJI De Hunnerberg Nijmegen

Shireen Habiballah

Mobile: +31 6 21 36 08 19
E-mail: s.habiballah@dji.minjus.nl

Absent: Friday

• Penitentiary Institutions Region West: PI Heerhugowaard, JC Zaanstad, PI Alphen aan den Rijn, PI Haaglanden, PI Dordrecht

Not sure where to send your request? Please send an email to mediaverzoek@dji.minjus.nl or contact the coordinator of the media team:

Julia Rademaker

Mobile: +31 6 15 22 99 18
Email: j.rademaker@dji.minjus.nl

Absent: Wednesday

Conditions

• Our institutions do not serve as a film set. Any request will be rejected.
• Interviews with detainees related to the offense or the trial are not permitted.
• In order to respect the the privacy of detainees and to protect victims it is not allowed to discuss the offence or mention specific details regarding criminal offences.
• It is not allowed to take photos or make films in which the detainees could be recognised.
• An overnight stay in an institution is not allowed.
• The DJI requests that the production is benificial to our organization’s goals.

Media contact with prisoners

If a prisoner wants to contact the media, this must always be requested. Prisoners can submit a request to the director of the institution in question. This is assessed in accordance with Article 40 of the Penitentiary Principles Act.