Bringing prohibited items into the JICN punishable by law
Bringing prohibited items into judicial institutions is officially punishable in the Caribbean Netherlands. The Wetboek van Strafrecht BES (BES Criminal Code) makes it possible to prosecute those who attempt to bring in contraband. From now on the Judicial Institution Caribbean Netherlands (JICN) enforces this law more strictly it shall report people who try to smuggle in prohibited goods.
Not only items that are not permitted in free society, such as weapons and drugs, are prohibited in judicial institutions. Also items, of which the possession is not illegal outside the institution, could nevertheless be prohibited in judicial institutions. This applies to items whose possession or use could endanger order and security in the institution. Examples are phones, tools and data carriers like USB sticks.
The possession of these prohibited items in the institution increases the risk that criminals continue to act in a criminal manner during their sentence or measure. Moreover, it interferes with the proper reintegration of detainees. By strictly enforcing the penalisation of bringing in contraband, one is further discouraged from carrying contraband for inmates.