Germany
Germany: neither incarcerated nor free
Interview
Culture
LGBTI
Death penalty
Germany
The fight to end capital punishment is far from over but progress continues to be made. Over a thousand attendees are expected to converge on the German capital in November 2022 for the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty. The assembly aims to unite individuals around the global issue of a…
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Europe
Material conditions
Germany
The delegation - which visited police stations, prisons and psychiatric clinics throughout Germany- received no allegations of deliberate physical ill treatment or inter-prisoner violence, and praised material and health-care facilities.
Source — Council of Europe
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Germany: walling up madness
Analysis
Europe
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Germany
Germany is a federal republic divided into 16 Länder. The Ministry of Justice oversees prison health care. Federal law does not provide for any mental health care in prison. The Länder implement treatment measures. Significant variations have been observed from one territory and facility to another…
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Europe
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Justice
Germany
While such electronic monitoring constitutes a very intrusive interference with fundamental rights, in particular with the fundamental right to informational self-determination and the general right of personality following from Art. 2(1) in conjunction with Art. 1(1) of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz…
Source — Bundesverfassungsgericht
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Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia plans to release as many as 1,000 prisoners in order to free up cells to be used as quarantine rooms out of concern that coronavirus could spread unchecked in jails, its justice minister said.
The plan, first reported by Focus…
Source — Reuters
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News
Europe
Germany
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Europe
Germany
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Point
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Violence
Germany
Since 1 February 2017, the Dutch police have been experimenting with the use of the Taser X2 in day-to-day policing. The way they use these electro-shock weapons poses unacceptable health risks. This is evident from the report “A Failed Experiment: The Taser-Pilot of the Dutch Police” published by…
Source — Amnesty international
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Europe
Religion
Germany
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — La Nacion
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Europe
Germany
Prisoners in a small German city are being served cheeseburgers in place of their usual fare after a food contract deal fell through. They can order items up to a value of 4 euros.
Police in the western German town of Bergisch Gladbach have been ordering takeaway McDonalds for inmates after a food…
Source — Deutsche Welle
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Europe
Germany
Priver un toxicomane de traitement de substitution à l’héroïne pendant son séjour en prison peut, dans certaines circonstances, être assimilé à un traitement inhumain ou dégradant, a jugé aujourd’hui la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme dans une affaire concernant l’Allemagne.
Source — Le Figaro
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