Military prison

Military prison of the US Army in Mannheim

Military prisons are military- run prisons , where convicts of the military justice system usually serve their sentences .

Germany

During the time of the monarchy until 1918 , under Nazi rule and in the GDR , there were also German military prisons.

The Kreuzkaserne in the Munich garrison existed from 1670 to 1883, for example, the Torgau Wehrmacht prison from 1936 to 1945.

From 1936 military prisons were established in the German Reich, which were supplemented by "military power prisons" in occupied territories during the Second World War. From 1942, parts of the prison system were outsourced and organized in mobile "front prisons", which were used as punitive units in battalion strength for dangerous work in combat zones. Convicted German soldiers were mainly sent to the military penal system, while civilians convicted by courts-martial were usually transferred to prisons of the Reich Ministry of Justice.

The Spandau War Crimes Prison (1945–1987) was previously (1898–1945) a fortress detention center .

The Schwedt military prison was the only military prison in the GDR and was located in Schwedt on the Oder . Smaller crimes were often constructed or used as a pretext to suppress or punish political dissent, the expression of individuality or different thinking.

In the Bundeswehr of the Federal Republic of Germany, troop service courts only impose disciplinary arrest (this is not a prison sentence ). This arrest can last a maximum of 21 days; he is usually served in holding cells .

Switzerland

There are no actual military prisons in Switzerland. The military penalties, which can only be imposed by the organs of the military justice , are carried out in the civil penal institutions.

(Disciplinary) arrest sentences are enforced by the troops themselves in a detention facility while on duty ; outside the service, the canton of residence of the perpetrator executes his arrest sentence (Art. 191 et seq. MStG).