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This article describes a comparative study between prisoners in Bonaire and in the Netherlands. Using questionnaires translated in Papiamento and Spanish, no differences were found in a wide range of psychosocial and cognitive measurements (among others intellectual disability, depression, anxiety, psychopathy and aggression). The prisoners in Bonaire were younger, had longer prison sentences and used drugs more often. The findings suggest that the use of questionnaires translated in Papiamento may improve diagnosis in Antillean defendants.