Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:08:45 +0200Justice Minister qualifies warning of prison service “collapse” due to overcrowdinghttps://english.radio.cz/justice-minister-qualifies-warning-prison-service-collapse-due-overcrowding-8583048© 2026 Radio Prague International The Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová has qualified comments made earlier this week on overcrowding in the country’s prisons. The comments came at the end of a two-day inspection trip to penal facilities around the Czech Republic, and were interpreted by the media as suggesting the Czech prison system was close to collapse. This is not the case, says Mrs Kovářová, although the situation is serious. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vezeni.jpg?timestamp=1661333074 Justice Minister qualifies warning of prison service “collapse” due to overcrowding https://english.radio.cz/justice-minister-qualifies-warning-prison-service-collapse-due-overcrowding-8583048 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9