Scandal in prison: allegations of abuse shake JVA Augsburg!

Scandal in prison: allegations of abuse shake JVA Augsburg!

Gablingen, Deutschland - Munich-A scandal shakes the Bavarian correctional facility (JVA) Augsburg-Gablingen! After severe allegations of abuse against employees of the detention center, including the deputy prison chief, the accused's lawyers are on the line of fire. They accuse politics of staying idle and ignoring the pressing problems in prison. According to a report by zvw is determined for a total of 16 employees who are accused of having abused prisoners in so -called “particularly secure detention rooms”.

These cells, in which suicide -prone or violent inmates are accommodated, should often be inhumane - without mattresses and in naked condition. "The prisoners belong in clinics, not in a prison," emphasizes lawyer Holm Putzke. Many occupants struggle with drug problems or mental illnesses and injure themselves. "Politics know that, but it does nothing," continued Putzke. The clinics are overloaded, and the Ministry of Justice remains idle.

political responsibility and defects in the system

The lawyers criticize the system in which her client had to work and urgently demand changes. So far, you have not received access to the files and cannot comment on the specific allegations. Bavaria's Minister of Justice Georg Eisenreich (CSU) admitted defects in a report in the state parliament and described the monitoring of the detention centers as inadequate. He announced that he would improve the accommodation of accommodation in the secured detention rooms.

The suspended prison chief is not pursued by criminal law, but she was released from the service because she is accused of showing too little presence in prison and instead working in the home office. The allegations throw a bright light on the conditions in Bavarian correctional facilities and the responsibility of politics, which apparently failed to improve the situation.

a system in the crisis

The situation in the JVA Augsburg-Gablingen is not an isolated case. Again and again lawyers and human rights organizations report abuses in German prisons. The lawyers are calling for a fundamental reform of the system to protect the rights of the occupants and to improve working conditions for the prison officers. "It is time for politics to act," Putzke appeals. "The people in the detention centers are not animals, they deserve respect and adequate treatment."

The debate about the conditions in prisons are further fueled and the public demands answers. The allegations are not only a scandal, but also a wake -up call for politics to finally become active. Time is urging, because the occupants and the prison officers deserve a better future.