Yes. His lawyer wants to have him released. In Belgium, a life sentence is never actually for life unless 1) you get locked up in a psych ward which can be forever (a very flawed system) and 2) your case is so heinous, the government uses a not-so-often used law where the criminal is in "custody" of the government until they deem you fit to re-enter society.
Now, even in a soft country like Belgium, Dutroux gets his bones broken in gen pop, so he's in ad seg for the rest of his sentence. Here's the thing: if he gets released, there's a good chance he gets whacked or at least beaten into a pulp. We're a timid people imo (I'm not fully Belgian, I'm a bit more ehh, temperamental) but the Dutroux case cut really deep.
Belgium has never been the same afterwards. I'm from 1990, so I've experienced Dutroux when I was old enough to realize what had happened, and young enough to be truly afraid of it. I still almost don't dare to look or wave at kids, just to make sure the parents don't get paranoid. When I was walking my ex-gfs siblings to a museum (they're under 10), I was really fucking vigilant not to let any man to close, and I always had an eye on people who possibly had an eye on them.
Then there's the fact there was an obvious cover-up in the Dutroux case. There are missing documents, witnesses committing suicide left and right, a lot of big names being mentioned, the fact that Dutroux had like 4 houses fully paid even though he was living off welfare...
His accomplice and his ex-wife have been released by the way. The accomplice got his ass kicked the first week of him moving out. He moved into a neighborhood with a lot of muslims. He got beaten up by teenagers, if I recall correctly.
I know Charleroi a little bit, and it's so grimy and desolate you wouldn't believe it.