Court in The Hague Refuses Priority TBS Placement for Corné H.

Overview

• The District Court of The Hague rejected a bid to move Corné H. to a TBS clinic ahead of others after his lawyers sought emergency placement.
• The judge found the State is failing all wait-listed patients equally and ruled there is no exceptional basis to deviate from the placement policy.
• Roughly 273 convicted people are awaiting TBS treatment, with average waits of two years or longer as capacity constraints persist.
• Corné H. remains in the Penitentiair Psychiatrisch Centrum in Zaandam even though his nine-month prison sentence has been served.
• Defense lawyers say he has autism and PTSD and poses acute risks, while the State argues his situation is not more urgent than others; the government plans 200 extra clinic places by 2030, which critics say may not ease bottlenecks without better through-flow.