it s a very secure place where no prisoners may go. we watch everything. that s our security. for the moment we have no escapes in this prison, but inmates probably think a lot about escaping. but the security is very high. preventing escape is a high priority at hasselt. that s why peter was transferred here two weeks ago. he was sentenced to five years for the armed robbery of three jewelry couriers and then boldly tried to cut that sentence short. i notice when you walk you have a limp. why? it was an accident when i escaped. there was construction going on in the prison. so they had this letter and we run and jump over the fence. i actually made it out and i run and they catch me five, six
to know. but when you go out, make your checks, you can sometimes smell the weed. the only thing can you do is the day after get a complete checkup of the cell. but most of the time you don t find anything. but that s not the only unusual security policy. while american correctional officers who have close contact with inmates don t carry guns, hasselt officers carry less. none of the staff have any weapons no, pepper spray, no batons? the only equipment we carry are our keys and the cell phone, that s about it. but if necessary, we can get plastic shields, batons, the restraints, chains, protective helmets. i don t even think i ever wore a helmet. male inmates considered to be the greatest threat are segregated in their own unit, section 20.
inside belgium s prison hasselt, inmate burack ersen has just spent his second night in an isolation cell. he s there for getting into a fight with another inmate. i m the black sheep always. if there s ever anything, it s always me. this morning he will meet the prison s disciplinary committee to find out if there will be any further punishment. the inmate he fought, erik franzen, will also go before the disciplinary committee. but he seems no more concerned now than he was when he casually walked away from the fight as officers swarmed burack. what do you think is going to happen? are you worried? no, no. no? prison officials claim that erik franzen is a well behaved inmate and it s only his violent reputation outside of prison that requires them to house him
in accordance with belgian law, since peter committed no crimes during his escaped, he received no extra prison time once he was captured. it s a nice surprise. i don t like surprise but it s a nice surprise. peter s only punishment was a two-month stay in hasselt s high security unit, section 20. but it s all worked out for the best. he likes it here. it s better compared to the other ones. food here they give same way that they give in any belgian restaurant, any belgian traditional restaurant what they give, they give also here. same taste, same everything. i guess when you escape, they put new a better place, don t try to run again. while peter might take comfort in a good meal, phillip find it is in the daily mail call.
it s a very secure place where no prisoners may go. we watch everything. that s our security. for the moment we have no escapes in this prison, but inmates probably think a lot about escaping. but the security is very high. preventing escape is a high priority at hasselt. that s why peter was transferred here two weeks ago. he was sentenced to five years for the armed robbery of three jewelry couriers and then boldly tried to cut that sentence short. i notice when you walk you have a limp. why? it was an accident when i escaped. there was construction going on