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Belgian prisons 'like North Korea' as strike crisis hits

The prison of Sint-Gillis (Sait-Gilles) in Brussels

Belgium faces a growing crisis in its prisons, with the army called in to help and inmates stuck in their cells 24 hours a day as the government struggles to end a strike by prison staff.

"The situation has become unbearable, there is a lot of tension inside," said Vincent Spronck, the governor of Forest prison on the outskirts of the capital Brussels.

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