Prisons minister Ingrid Coenradie has set out plans to build two new prisons with 120 beds each to deal with the shortage of cells.

The PVV minister told AD.nl she had already earmarked one site in Peel en Maas, in Limburg, which already has a prison complex.

She clashed with party leader Geert Wilders last month after she suggested prisoners may have to be released two weeks before the end of their sentences to deal with the capacity crisis.

Wilders tweeted “no way” and reportedly had a heated argument with Coenradie over her plans. But having initially threatened to table a motion of no confidence in his own minister, Wilders later praised her as a “strong woman” after she defended her ideas on TV talk show Eva.

She is planning to propose the plan to build two emergency prisons with basic facilities at Friday’s cabinet meeting, as one of several ministers who are expected to lobbying for more money in next month’s spring budget statement.

Coenradie has said she needs “hundreds of millions” of euros to deal with the lack of cells and personnel after 26 jails were closed and hundreds of prison officers quit their jobs in the last 10 years.