Straubing correctional facility

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Straubing correctional facility
Exterior view of the entrance area
Information about the institution
Surname Straubing correctional facility
Reference year 1902
Detention places 845

The Straubing correctional facility is a correctional facility (JVA) of the Free State of Bavaria in Straubing .

history

The institution was built from 1898 to 1902 as a penitentiary for the administration of justice in the Kingdom of Bavaria , which was equipped according to the most modern standards of the time . The buildings from this period are listed .

In 2015 it was the fifth largest (in terms of places of detention) correctional facility in Bavaria.

Todays use

The Straubing prison currently has in rule enforcement 845 detention places. The occupancy numbers keep changing slightly. Straubing is known as a place of detention for capital criminals with a prison sentence of six years or more. In addition, the Straubing prison differentiates between a department for prisoners who are in custody for the first time ( first execution ), prisoners who are still particularly young - between 22 and 27 years old (department for young prisoners) - and between prisoners who have already been convicted of criminal offenses several times were (rule enforcement). The Straubing prison also has a pre- trial detention department. In general, only prisoners on remand who can expect a long sentence are accommodated there. For a number of years there has also been a department for prisoners who have committed sexual offenses. This is called the Social Therapy Department (SothA).

In this correctional facility it is possible to learn several professions - among many others, since 2014 even "warehouse logistics specialist". In addition, prisoners can gain meaningful further training at the Fernuniversität Hagen or the Telekolleg while they are in prison.

The institution also has a special psychiatric department , the so-called House 3, which is also used for health care in other prisons. Further, there is a section for occupant, in which the measure according to § 66 StGB Sicherungsverwahrung was placed.

The correctional facility has a modern and secure visitor center.

She is also known for the annual performances of plays. These are performed by amateur actors (all prisoners). The Straubing prison is also known to the general public through the bazaar that takes place every year in October. Paintings and handicrafts are sold there. This bazaar is usually frequented by at least 3,000 visitors.

The Bavarian Prison Academy is also located in Straubing . However, it is not affiliated with Straubing Prison, but rather independent. In the JVS, prospective civil servants of the 2nd qualification level (formerly middle service ) are trained.

Special occurrences

In the early 1990s, a prisoner mutiny resulted in prisoners climbing the roof. In the same year, this matter was also the subject of a parliamentary committee of inquiry in the Bavarian state parliament .

In April 2009 the prison psychologist Susanne Preusker was locked up for seven hours, threatened with a knife and raped by a sex offender whom she had previously tried to treat for years.

Known prisoners

  • Herisch A., murderer of the fashion designer and author Rudolph Moshammer .
  • Theo Berger , so-called "Al Capone vom Donaumoos", with interruptions between 1968 and 2003
  • Johannes Bojko, Munich rock'n roll musician and bassist in the Paul Würges Combo, sentenced in 2006 to life imprisonment by the Munich District Court I (Judge Götzl) for the murder of the Munich dentist Armin Frank in circumstantial proceedings.
  • Horst David , serial killer from Regensburg
  • Knut Folkerts , RAF terrorist
  • Klaus G. (from 1967 to 2015), the so-called midday killer of Nuremberg.
  • Rolf Heissler , RAF terrorist
  • Stephan Letter , known as the “Angel of Death of Sonthofen”, was sentenced to life imprisonment for sixteen murders, twelve manslaughter and for killing on request, with the determination of the particular gravity of the guilt.
  • Alois Lindner , assassin, 1919 to 1928
  • Bernhard Rössner , RAF terrorist
  • Bodo Schnabel , CEO of ComROAD AG
  • Dimitri Todorov , who has served a life sentence for bank robbery with hostage-taking and attempted murder and reported about it in his book "22 Years of Prison"
  • Benedikt (Bence) Toth, murderer of the parking garage heiress Charlotte Böhringer
  • Dieter Zlof , kidnapper of the industrialist Richard Oetker , has served part of his prison sentence in the Straubing prison

Political prisoner

See also

Web links

Commons : Straubing correctional facility  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D-2-63-000-3
  2. ↑ Heike Vowinkel: The second life In: Die Welt online from September 13, 2011
  3. ↑ The worst is the isolation In: Wirtschaftswoche of November 7, 2008

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '13.9 "  N , 12 ° 35' 8.8"  E