A Dutch pedophile who amassed one of the largest child pornography collections in the history of the Netherlands announced that he transitioned into a woman after he was arrested, and may now be in a women’s prison awaiting trial, according to local reports.
The unnamed man, who Reduxx is referring to as ‘Jan’ for the purposes of this article, first appeared in front of the Groningen court in the northeastern province of the Netherlands on February 20. Jan was arrested after police discovered eight million files of pornography on his computer, consisting of graphic and violent child sexual abuse material, wherein children were tortured and abused, and bestiality pornography.
The collection of material was so expansive that police stopped pouring through the sickening files after cataloguing two million horrific images and videos. Public prosectors have stated that the amount of material may make it the largest child sexual abuse material bust in the history of the Netherlands.
Jan, 40, has an extensive history of hoarding sickening images of children. He was first given a three month suspended prison sentence and 240 hours of community service for collecting 40,000 photos and 1,000 videos of child sexual abuse material in 2017. He was caught again in August of 2023, but was allowed to remain at home before his trial. Even though his computer was seized by police, Jan continued collecting child pornography through his PlayStation.
According to prosecutors, Jan had gained a notoriety amongst the pedophile community for sharing his extensive collection with others online, which led to him receiving “prestige” from fellow predators. He also had a “manual” in his possession instructing men on how to have “safe and harmless sex” with a child.
“I have seen a lot of child pornography in my profession, but this is the most disgusting child and animal pornography that exists,” the prosecutor said during the trial.
The court heard that Jan suffered from a borderline disorder, alcohol addiction, an identity disorder and a paraphilic disorder, giving him diminished responsibility. Jan blamed his collection of child abuse material on his alcohol abuse, and claimed that he had been abused as a child himself – an argument that didn’t sit well with the prosecutor. In court, Jan was revealed to have been the administrator of online group chats for pedophiles, where he hid his identity.
During the hearing on February 20, the court abruptly learned that Jan “is in transition and wants to be addressed as a woman.”
Prosecutors asked for Jan to receive a 5-year prison sentence, along with time in the TBS system, a Dutch network of penal hospitals for prisoners with severe psychiatric disorders. Behavioral experts suggested he shouldn’t receive any prison time at all, which the prosecutors and the court rejected due to his possession of “child pornography of the highest order.” Jan eventually received a three and a half year prison sentence plus time in the TBS system on March 6, 2025, along with a no contact order with children.
During his pre-trial detention, he spent his time in Leeuwarden prison, an all-male prison in the neighboring northwestern province of Friesland, around 40 miles from Groningen. However, following his conviction and gender transition, he was transferred to the prison in Zwolle, around 65 miles southwest of Groningen.
Zwolle’s prison is one of three in the Netherlands that can house female prisoners, with Zwolle being the only mixed-sex facility out of the three. It currently has capacity for 98 male and 39 female prisoners, along with a psychiatric center with six male wards, three female wards, and two mixed wards. Charlotte Hees, the spokesman for the Dutch Prison and Probation Service (DJI) said when questioned that they never comment on the situation of individual prisoners.
“Placement in the prison system takes place on the basis of the gender stated in the passport,” Hees explained. “Deviation is possible if there is reason to do so, for example for the safety of detainees. This is always custom work and is determined on the basis of a careful assessment and adjusted when necessary,” she added.
While it remains unclear whether Jan has changed his legal documents, Pauline Jacobs, an associate professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at Tilburg University, says it isn’t exactly true that the passport is the be all and end all for prison placements.
“The DJI announced last year that they are now looking at things more broadly than just the Personal Records Database,” Jacobs said. “They are now also looking at other factors, such as gender-related physical characteristics, the prisoner’s own preferences, the nature of the offence and the prisoner’s psychological and physical problems.”
According to Jan’s lawyer, he specifically does not want to detail why he chose to transition, and there has been no response to media inquiries as to whether he will be allowed to continue his transition within the prison or not.
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