His family is going on holiday to Morocco: the prison forbids him from calling them for nearly a month

The man has been held since 15 May 2022 at the Extra Beveiligde Inrichting (EBI) in Vught, the facility reserved for prisoners presenting the highest risks in the Netherlands.

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In April 2025, the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal sentenced him to 26 and a half years in prison for a series of attacks he had arranged to be carried out, some of them while he was already in detention.

In the summer of 2026, a very practical problem arose. His wife and children, who normally live in the Netherlands, were due to spend their holiday in Morocco from 5 to 30 July.

The man therefore requested permission to continue calling them during their stay. On 7 July, his request was refused.

Living in Morocco or simply spending a holiday there changes everything

Since 1 November 2025, the rules applicable to EBI prisoners have been considerably tightened. Calls abroad remain possible in certain circumstances, but the person being called must in principle have a permanent residence there.

That is precisely what led to the request being rejected. The prisoner’s wife and children live in the Netherlands. Their presence in Morocco for several weeks therefore did not make them people whose usual residence was abroad.

The prisoner urgently petitioned the Hague District Court to compel the state to allow the calls during the holiday. However, the court refused to intervene, as shown by the decision issued on 24 July 2026.

The court acknowledges that the ban necessarily limits contact between the prisoner and his family. But the new restrictions were specifically introduced to better control communications by prisoners held in the most secure facilities and to prevent contact with the outside world from being used to continue criminal activities.

In this man’s case, his serious criminal history also weighed in the balance: he was notably convicted of arranging attacks while he was already behind bars.

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Result: while his wife and children were staying in Morocco, from 5 to 30 July, he could not benefit from the exception allowing calls to relatives established abroad. The paradox is striking: if they had actually lived in Morocco and met the stipulated conditions, calls could have been authorized; because they were there only for the holiday, the rule did not apply in their favor.