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Belgium: 750 incarcerated people forced to sleep on floor

A record number of incarcerated people in Belgium are sleeping on the floor as prison overcrowding worsens, with 750 people currently without a bed, according to the ACOD Prisons trade union.

Source: Belgan News Agency (15/04/2026)