Prison Frankfurt am Main III

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Prison
Frankfurt am Main III

State level country
position Correctional facility
Supervisory authority Hessian Ministry of Justice
Headquarters Wiesbaden

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Information about the institution
Surname Prison Frankfurt am Main III
Reference year 1888
Detention places 381
Institution management Michaela Wasemüller

The correctional institution Frankfurt am Main III (JVA III) is a penal institution of the State of Hesse for adult and young female prisoners.

The institution is located in the north of Frankfurt am Main in the Preungesheim district , adjacent to the Frankfurt am Main I correctional facility .

history

The original Frankfurt-Preungesheim prison was built in 1888 as a prison for men according to plans by Carl Krohne . In the time of the German Empire and National Socialism, it also served as a place of execution. A total of up to 500 executions are assumed. During that time prisoners were also used as workers for industry.
After the Second World War it was initially a military prison. In 1955 it was rededicated as a women's prison after renovations.

today

Prison facility

The prison has sections for open and closed execution . Adult prisoners, juvenile prisoners and mothers with children are housed in three separate areas. In addition, there are handicapped accessible cells available. The prison has a total of 381 places.
Over the past 30 years the prison has been successively expanded by 12 new buildings. Accommodation building B was inaugurated in 2013 and offers the highest level of security. It replaces cells from the old building from 1888. The construction costs amounted to 8.1 million euros.

Detainees in JVA III can use the sports facility, the prayer room and the medical center of the neighboring JVA I , which opened in 2011 .

Jurisdiction

The responsibilities of the penal institutions in Hesse are regulated in the state's enforcement plan .

The correctional facility Frankfurt am Main III is responsible for the execution or the execution of:

Conditions of detention

Mother Child Home

In 1970, under the direction of Helga Einsele , the first mother-child home in Germany was built in a model test. An external association has been supporting the work of the home since 1969. B. Excursions for the children or social work for the mothers on site.

Suicides

A number of suicides were reported in 2015. Between 2013 and 2015, three women committed suicide in JVA III. According to some inmates and employees, there are gaps in suicide prevention.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New head of the women's prison in Frankfurt am Main III: Modern and safe penal system in Hesse | Information portal Hessen. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
  2. ^ Ina Harnischfeger: Preungesheim, you beautiful little town. (PDF) In: Archivnachrichten. Landesarchiv Hessen, accessed on October 23, 2017 (12/2011).
  3. ^ Preungesheim, penitentiary "Prison and Women's Youth Prison Preungesheim". Topography of National Socialism in Hesse. (As of November 11, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ Prison Frankfurt am Main III - Presentation. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
  5. ^ Minister of Justice Jörg-Uwe Hahn opens new building in Frankfurt am Main III prison | Hessian Ministry of Justice. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
  6. ^ DIE WELT: Justice location: New prison opened in Preungesheim . In: THE WORLD . August 15, 2011 ( welt.de [accessed October 23, 2017]).
  7. ^ Prison Frankfurt am Main III - jurisdiction. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Mothers Child Prison: With mom in prison . October 24, 2017.
  9. ^ MKH: Verein Mutter-Kind-Heim Preungesheim eV - Tasks of the Verein Mutter-Kind-Heim Preungesheim eV. Accessed on October 24, 2017 .
  10. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Suicide series in women's prison: "And nobody does anything". October 28, 2015, accessed October 23, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 40.7 ″  E