Denmark to outlaw life sentence prisoners starting new romances

Jails should not serve as dating centres or media platforms to brag about crimes', says minister

Prisoners serving life sentences in Denmark are to be prevented from starting new romantic relationships after it emerged a 17-year-old fell in love with Peter Madsen, the murderer of the journalist Kim Wall, while he was in jail.

For the first 10 years of their imprisonment, long-term inmates' contacts, by letter, phone or online, will be limited to people they already knew before they entered prison, under legislation tabled by the social democrat-led government.