Dutroux released? For Thierry Marchandise, former magistrate, "the prison could not change it"

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For Thierry Marchandise, prison does nothing for the reintegration of prisoners.
This Thursday morning, the Sentence Enforcement Court (APT) is considering Marc Dutroux's application for parole. It will be necessary to appoint a panel of experts who will evaluate its possible dangerousness.

Thierry Marchandise is now retired. He is still a member of the monitoring committee of Ittre Prison.

When the Dutroux affair broke out, in 1996, in Sars-la-Buissiere, he was the prosecutor of the King acting in Charleroi. It was in this context that he was later heard by the famous Dutroux Commission.

Thierry Marchandise knows the character since the '80s, when Dutroux had already been convicted of raping minors. He was the one who, in correctional law, represented the public prosecutor's office.

At the time, let alone in 2004 when he was convicted by the Assize Court of Arlon, he did not believe in a possible reintegration of a man "extremely dangerous" …

Thierry Marchandise, what memories does Marc Dutroux leave you?