Occupancy
Occupancy is a term from the German Prison Act and means the capacity of a prison , i. H. the number of rooms, their size and their design.
According to § 145 StVollzG, the supervisory authority determines the occupancy capacity for each institution in such a way that adequate accommodation is guaranteed during the rest period. It must be taken into account that a sufficient number of places for work, training and further education as well as rooms for pastoral care, leisure time, sport, therapeutic measures and visits are available. Detention rooms must not be overcrowded ( Section 146 of the StVollzG). The rooms are to be designed in a homely manner or otherwise according to their purpose and must have sufficient air content and be adequately equipped with heating and ventilation, floor and window areas for a healthy lifestyle ( Section 144 (1) StVollzG).
Since the reform of federalism in 2006, the federal states have been responsible for legislation on the penal system. As a rule, the state ministries of justice are directly superordinate to the penal institutions as supervisory authorities and determine the occupancy capacity.
In Germany in 2018 there were a total of 179 organisationally independent institutions with a total of 74,386 prison places, of which on November 30th, 63,643 prisoners were 86% full.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Structure of the institution and capacity for occupancy Free State of Saxony, JVA Chemnitz, accessed on April 13, 2020.
- ↑ cf. the enumeration of the state penal enforcement laws beck-online, accessed on April 13, 2020.
- ↑ cf. For example, Section 106 of North Rhine-Westphalia Prison Act (GV.
- ↑ cf. Art. 171 Bavarian Prison Act (GVBl. P. 866)
- ↑ Institutions and availability on November 30th in: Franziska Schneider, Esther Neumeier, Krystallia Karachaliou et al .: Prison Workbook Prison , Report 2019 from the national REITOX hub to the EMCDDA , Table 1, p. 5
