Correctional facility Augsburg

Institution I at Karmelitengasse 12
Information about the institution
Surname	Correctional facility Augsburg
Reference year	1814
Detention places	270 (until 2016)
Employee	approx. 100 (until 2016)

The Augsburg correctional facility was a penal institution of the Free State of Bavaria in Augsburg and served to carry out pre- trial detention as well as imprisonment for men and youth arrest . It consisted of Institution I (Karmelitengasse 12) in the district of Bleich and Pfärrle , Institution II (Hochfeldstrasse 28 1/3) and the youth detention center (Hochfeldstrasse 28 1/5) in the district of Hochfeld . In total, it had a capacity of around 270 prison places.

With the opening of the newly built prison in Augsburg-Gablingen in 2015, all prisoners were subsequently relocated and the prison in Augsburg was closed until 2016.

history

The building of Partial Institution I in Karmelitengasse was originally the municipal granary before it became part of the monastery complex of the Carmelite Monastery for the Most Holy Sacrament , which can still be guessed at the institution church: The Severinskapelle was donated by Ludwig the Strict in 1276 and is therefore one of the oldest sacral building in Augsburg. Rebuilt by Markus Walser in 1578 , it became part of the Carmelite monastery from 1636 and was later located on the premises of the penal institution, where it was initially used as a bath and wash house and kitchen. It was only restored and returned to its original purpose in 1969 and 1970. After secularization by the city of Augsburg in 1802 and its use as a military hospital, the Kingdom of Bavaria acquired it for the penal system in 1814 and expanded it into an iron front fortress until 1817 . It was not until 1968 that a new building was added to the building complex, which housed the access, transport and purchasing departments until it was closed.

View over the walls of the Archaeological Garden to Partial Institution I and the St. Severin Chapel

Part II and the youth detention center were located on the site of the former Prinz-Karl-Kaserne in the Bismarckviertel and were established there after the end of the Second World War in 1945. While a building was rebuilt for Institution II, this was not necessary for the youth institution. It was in the former barracks detention center.

Institution II in Hochfeldstrasse

Location, structure and responsibility

The Augsburg JVA was divided into two locations. Institution I was located at Karmelitengasse 12 in the Bleich und Pfärrle district.

• Geographic coordinate: 48 ° 22 ′ 29.2 ″  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 55.2 ″  E

The institution II was located with the juvenile detention center in the Hochfeldstrasse 28 1/3 in the Hochfeld district.

• Geographic coordinate: 48 ° 21 ′ 16.9 ″  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 53.9 ″  E

103 civil servants and 10 employees worked in the three institutions. These were mainly enforcement, administrative and specialist services (for example doctors and psychologists).

The correctional facility was responsible for the execution of pre-trial detention on men and male adolescents from the district court districts of Augsburg , Aichach , Dillingen an der Donau and Nördlingen . In addition, they were responsible for adolescent and young men from the Landsberg am Lech district court .

In addition, the prison served for prison sentences of up to six months for all prisoners from the Augsburg district, for the first execution of criminal detention and for the execution of youth arrest.

The youth detention center was responsible for the execution of short, long and leisure time arrest of male and female adolescents.

Occupancy

The Augsburg JVA had a total capacity of 280 prison places. Of this, institutions I and II had 253 places (110 in individual and 143 in total accommodation), and the youth detention center 27 places (17 in individual and 10 in total accommodation).

Prominent inmates

• Mathias Kneißl , the "robber Kneißl"
• Ludwig-Holger Pfahls in connection with the CDU donation affair
• Maximilian Josef Strauss in connection with the Maxwell affair
• Karlheinz Schreiber in connection with the CDU donation affair on suspicion of tax evasion and aiding and abetting fraud
• Marcus von Anhalt on suspicion of tax evasion

See also

• List of correctional facilities in Bavaria

Web links

Commons : Augsburg prison  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Heinz Munzenrieder: Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2011, online version ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2017 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. 
2. ↑ Brief overview of JVA Augsburg-Gablingen at www.justiz.bayern.de ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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