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The government aims to improve the efficiency of the criminal justice chain and enhance the implementation of sentences and measures. To achieve this, the Act amending the Execution of Criminal Justice Act (USB Act) has been introduced. The USB Act amends the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and certain other laws in connection with a revision of the legal framework for the implementation of criminal justice decisions. The direct responsibility for implementation has been shifted from the Public Prosecution Service to the Minister for Legal Protection.
The main idea behind the law is that the minister will be better able to oversee the implementation of sentences and measures. This should lead, among other things, to quicker and better execution of sentences, strengthening the position of victims and next of kin, providing clear information to partners within and outside the criminal justice chain, and a person-centred implementation. To strengthen oversight of implementation, the Central Fine Collection Agency (CJIB) will coordinate the execution of sentences from one central point: the Administration and Information Centre for the Execution Chain (AICE).
On behalf of the WODC, we have developed a robust evaluation framework that can be used in a few years to measure to what extent the goals of the programme and the USB Act have actually been achieved.
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