Correctional facility Münster

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Correctional facility Münster
The correctional facility from the air
Information about the institution
Surname Correctional facility Münster
Reference year 1853
Detention places 600
Employee 270
Institution management Carsten Heim

The prison Münster in Westphalia Munster is one of the oldest prisons in the country. It is the second oldest prison in Germany, only the Waldheim correctional facility was opened earlier. The building is historically valuable and listed . The prison has 528 places, of which 63 are in the pedagogical center. The Coesfeld branch belongs to JVA Münster . It is located in a building from 1850 and has 42 prison places in the closed prison.

On July 6, 2016, the Münster prison was partially evacuated because some of the older buildings are considered to be in danger of collapsing. In the meantime only the buildings erected after the end of the Second World War are used, so that the number of usable detention places has been reduced to a total of 218.

history

Construction and expansion

The main entrance to the correctional facility. The associated church tower can be seen in the background.

The Münster JVA was built from 1848 on Gartenstrasse according to plans by the Prussian architect Carl Ferdinand Busse in the English neo-Gothic style. It was put into operation in 1853. It replaced the Münster Zwinger , which is only a few meters away on the promenade . The construction was carried out in the star construction with four wings, which was common at the time, with a church building with a church tower in the center. The prison, known as the isolation penal institution , consisted of 456 single cells and 80 sleeping cells. In the decades that followed, the prison was expanded several times, including in 1861 a hospital ward, warehouse, farm building, kitchen with bakery and a psychiatric ward in 1893.

time of the nationalsocialism

In the time of National Socialism , the institution, which has a capacity of 605 prisoners, was overcrowded with up to 1,100. Among other things, a forensic biology research center was set up in which criminals were examined for a “judgment about the worth or disqualification of the individual for the people and the state, for society and for the race”. SS and Gestapo guarded prisoners in one wing, and shootings were carried out on the premises. On March 29, 1945, Gestapo employees shot and killed 17 Soviet prisoners of war and buried them in a bomb crater. A second wing, parts of the church as well as the administration building and the infirmary were destroyed during air raids on Münster during World War II. After the war ended, the buildings were quickly rebuilt.

post war period

The prison has had a pedagogical center since 1971, in which up to 63 prisoners can obtain school-leaving qualifications. In autumn 2005, prisoners in Münster took their first Abitur behind bars in North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1975 a new farm building was completed, and 13 places were created for drug addicts who can take part in therapy for up to 18 months. Such a model is unique in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1985 a visiting department was expanded. In the 1990s, a cooperation was started with the Westphalian Wilhelms University , which gives law students an insight into the penal institution. The number of employees is over 300, and the prison has space for around 550 inmates. The prison library department has been located at the JVA Münster since 2003; it coordinates library work in the penal system and youth arrest in Westphalia-Lippe (around 30 libraries). The prison library was completely renovated and redesigned in 2005. In December 2006 the Association for the Promotion of Prison Libraries was founded here in order to promote libraries in cooperation with youth arrest and correctional institutions. In 2007 the prison library was awarded the “ Library of the Year ” prize, worth 30,000 euros .

Planning a new building

A new building has been planned since 2010. On August 30, 2012, the decision to close the correctional facility in Gartenstrasse and to rebuild the prison was announced by the NRW Ministry of Justice. The new building, which will take five years to build, should offer space for 640 to 760 prisoners, and a further 60 young people should be able to accommodate. Furthermore, space is to be offered to 500 employees. The building site must have a size of around 12 to 15 hectares . The specifications of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the building site provide for an area of ​​15 hectares and a bus stop. The city of Münster prefers the construction of the new prison in the city area, preferably on a piece of land owned by the city, in order to meet the wishes of the city administration. The site of the barracks in Münster-Handorf was discussed as the location for the new building . Likewise, a property east of the Kanalstrasse near the Provinzial-Versicherung was traded as a location. A spokesman for the Düsseldorf Ministry of Justice announced at the end of March 2013 that neither of these two locations would play a role for the Ministry in the choice of the building site. When searching for a location for the new prison, an administrative template from 2001 with the title "Location search for the new construction of the Münsterland Stadium" was used, which contains possible locations for a new stadium of the SC Preußen Münster , since both construction projects have an open area of ​​around 15 hectares and good local transport links are required. A total of 34 possible locations were examined. About a dozen of these would be shortlisted for the construction site. A location close to the city is expressly desired for the new location. This was justified with a quick transfer of detainees on remand to the Münster district court and a good connection to local public transport for visitors. City and country stated that citizens should be involved in the search for a location. According to the NRW Ministry of Justice, the budget for the new building amounts to 180 to 200 million euros. At the end of April 2013, a site near Haus Uhlenkotten and an area on Weseler Strasse were the favorites for the new location . According to the state government, the search for a suitable location for the construction project should concentrate “on the areas around the two motorway junctions”. In May 2013, the Ministry of Justice announced that the new building should be built by 2019 on the site of the former military training area in Handorf. The Münster City Association of the German Nature Conservation Union sees this critically because the area is ecologically valuable. However, the site did not come about because the Ministry of Defense was not ready to sell the site. Instead, the new building is to be built on an open space on the outskirts of the city in the area of ​​the Wolbeck district .

The star-shaped building on Gartenstrasse is to be converted, similar to the Dreifaltigkeitskirche , the Bonifatiuskirche or the Alte Feuerwache , whereby the facade is to be retained. Due to the partially dilapidated building stock, the preservation of the building complex is considered questionable. According to an expert opinion, the rehabilitation of the prison is not economically feasible.

On the day on which the lease agreement between the construction and property company of North Rhine-Westphalia and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the new building begins, the lease for the location on Gartenstrasse will automatically end. The location in Coesfeld is also to be given up after the new building has been completed.

Eviction 2016

On July 6, 2016, the construction and real estate company of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled that some buildings in the Münster prison had to be vacated within 48 hours due to the risk of collapse. As a result, 450 of the 500 prisoners were distributed to other locations. In the meantime, prisoners can be accommodated again in the so-called hospital building and wing B, both of which were only built after the end of the Second World War . In total, there are adhesion capacity for 218 people, including 139 places for pre-trial detainees and 79 convicted for legally offenders.

Jurisdiction

The JVA Münster is responsible for the execution of:

The competencies of the penal institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia are regulated in the execution plan of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (AV d. JM of September 16, 2003 - 4431 - IV B. 28 -).

In the media

On December 13, 2004, a team from the ARTE broadcaster recorded a documentary about the prison, which was broadcast in 2005 as part of the family album series , which was the subject of the pedagogical center.

On March 5, 2006, Til Schweiger shot one day for his film One Way in the Münster prison. This represents the backdrop for a New York prison. A team of 70 was brought to Münster for six scenes, which make up about 70 seconds in the film. After an episode for the RTL series Balko, this was the second time that a film was shot in the prison.

In 2007, exterior shots were filmed for Wilsberg: Filmriss in the prison yard of the correctional facility. In the second half of August 2012, Wilsberg: Stallion Parade was filmed in front of the correctional facility.

On April 28, 2013, filming of the episode The Chinese Princess of the TV series Tatort was carried out in the correctional facility.

literature

  • Marcus Weidner: Only graves as traces. The life and death of prisoners of war and “foreign workers” in Münster during the war 1939–1945. Westphalian steam boat, Münster 1984, ISBN 3-924550-02-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ jva-muenster.nrw.de: justiz-online: Presentation of the authorities
  2. ↑ jva-muenster.nrw.de: Münster correctional facility (PDF; 1.6 MB), 2012
  3. ^ A b c Münstersche Zeitung : JVA Münster: The second oldest prison - Was the renovation delayed? , Münster, Tobias Weckenbrock, Stefan Bergmann , January 19, 2010
  4. ↑ a b c d Westfälische Nachrichten : Comment: New building of the prison: Preserve the old prison! , Martin Kalitschke
  5. ^ A b Westfälische Nachrichten : Last look behind the prison walls: “Open door” in the correctional facility on Gartenstrasse - but only for visitors , Münster, February 25, 2013
  6. ↑ a b c jva-muenster.nrw.de: Münster correctional facility ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.6 MB), 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jva-muenster.nrw.de
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Westfälische Nachrichten : New prison on the green field: The end for the old prison , Münster, Hilmar Riemenschneider, Günter Benning, August 31, 2012
  8. ↑ Information brochure: Law enforcement in North Rhine-Westphalia, publisher: Ministry of Justice NRW, 2008, p. 57
  9. ↑ a b Münster's prison must be evacuated within 48 hours , Westfälische Nachrichten of July 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ a b 218 prisoners live in the old prison again. Westfälische Nachrichten, January 23, 2018, accessed on October 22, 2018 .
  11. ↑ "Books open worlds: The prison library of the JVA Münster is the" Library of the Year 2007 "" (PDF; 104 kB), German Library Association , Berlin, August 7, 2007
  12. ^ "Press review 08/2007 - 12/2007:" Library of the year "2007" (PDF; 57 kB), German Library Association
  13. ↑ a b c d Münstersche Zeitung : Ministry of Justice: Münster gets new prison for 180 million euros , Münster, Stefan Bergmann, August 30, 2012
  14. ↑ a b c d Münstersche Zeitung : JVA Gartenstrasse: Expert thinks the old prison cannot be renovated , Münster, Stefan Bergmann
  15. ^ A b c Westfälische Nachrichten : Planning coordinator Thielen: Open location search for the new prison: Concerned mails from Handorf , Münster, Günter Benning, September 4th, 2012
  16. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : Comment: Open space wanted: New prison building in Münster , Günter Benning, August 31, 2012
  17. ↑ a b c d e Westfälische Nachrichten : New prison building: List of locations almost finished: Council groups will be informed at the beginning of May , Münsterischer Anzeiger, Münster, Ralf Repöhler, April 17, 2013
    Westfälische Nachrichten : New prison building: List of locations almost finished - Council groups will be informed at the beginning of May , Münster, Ralf Repöhler, April 17, 2013
  18. ^ A b c Münstersche Zeitung : Location criteria: New prison building needs 15 hectares and a bus stop ( Memento from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Münster, Stefan Bergmann, September 25, 2012
  19. ^ A b Münstersche Zeitung : Decision after Easter - new prison building: Two locations are out of the running ( Memento from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Münster, Stefan Bergmann, March 21, 2013
  20. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : CDU in Handorf criticizes plans: No jail on the doorstep , Münster, September 7, 2012
  21. ↑ a b c Westfälische Nachrichten : Land for prison in sight - New construction of the correctional facility worth millions: List of location suggestions should be available in May , Münster, Münster, Martin Kalitschke, March 29, 2013
    Westfälische Nachrichten : List of location suggestions should be in May present - New prison building in Münster: Land for prison in sight , Münster, Martin Kalitschke, March 30, 2013
  22. ^ A b c d Münstersche Zeitung : Two favorites: Prison location: House Uhlenkotten or Weseler Strasse? ( Memento from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Münster, Stefan Bergmann, April 23, 2013
  23. ↑ Klaus Baumeister: JVA in Münster: 34 locations were checked , Westfälische Nachrichten, June 5, 2013. Retrieved on August 14, 2013.
  24. ↑ Stefan Bergmann: The location is certain: a new prison is being built in Handorf , muensterschezeitung.de, May 8, 2013, accessed on August 13, 2013
  25. ^ NABU and CDU at the prison site in Handorf , NABU Stadtverband Münster, July 14, 2013. Accessed on August 14, 2013.
  26. ↑ https://www.jva-muenster.nrw.de/behoerde/presse/archiv/2014_09_26_wn/index.php
  27. ↑ https://www.wn.de/Muenster/3521909-Bezirksregierung-stektiven-Bauvorfrage-zu-Gruenes-Licht-fuer-neuen-JVA-Standort
  28. ↑ datenbanken.justiz.nrw.de: Purpose ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  29. ^ Enforcement plan for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, (AV d. JM of September 16, 2003 - 4431 - IV B. 28 -). (PDF 1,2MB) Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, April 1, 2010, accessed on March 7, 2016 .
  30. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations for One Way
  31. ^ Münstersche Zeitung : "Stallion Parade": Wilsberg will be shooting from Tuesday in Münster , Münster, Alexandra Pipos, August 8, 2012
  32. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Shooting for new episodes: “Wilsberg” is investigating again , Münster, Martin Kalitschke, August 9, 2012
  33. ^ Münstersche Zeitung : Vor Antiquariat Solder: Wilsberg-Team filmed hidden behind a canvas , Münster, Benjamin Glöckner, August 14, 2012, accessed on August 14, 2012
  34. ^ Münstersche Zeitung : Tatort-Dreh: Boerne and Thiel investigate in prison and behind the train station , Münster, Anna Gellner, April 29, 2013
  35. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : New Münster crime scene: Boerne a murderer? , Münster, Martina Döbbe, April 29, 2013
    Westfälische Nachrichten : Boerne a murderer? - Filming for the new Münster crime scene has started. Münsterischer Anzeiger, Münster, Martina Döbbe, April 30, 2013

Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 3.5 ″  E