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December 8, 2023

Germany: Justice Department plans more suicide prevention

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Europe Mental health Suicide Germany

The Berlin Senate Department for Justice wants to reduce the risk of suicide among prison inmates and create special detention rooms for this purpose.

March 13, 2023

Germany: neither incarcerated nor free

Interview

Europe Health Mental health Germany

The German prison population has been decreasing since 2004, but not the number of people deprived of their liberty: nearly 13,000 of them are detained in forensic psychiatric hospitals. How can this be explained?

October 6, 2022

"Abolishing the death penalty is a universal fight”

Interview

Culture LGBTQI 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…

September 20, 2022

Germany: positive progress for German detainees, but serious concerns remain

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Europe Material conditions Germany

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has welcomed positive trends in prisoner treatment in Germany, but outlined a number of serious concerns.

April 14, 2022

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…

February 10, 2021

Germany: unsuccessful constitutional complaint challenging electronic monitoring of persons released from prison (‘electronic tagging’)

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Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Germany

In an order published today, the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court held that the statutory provisions on the electronic monitoring of persons released from prison are compatible with the Basic Law.

March 30, 2020

Germany: state to release some 1,000 prisoners due to coronavirus

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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…

September 5, 2019

Germany: los 'menús de pena' que se sirven en las cárceles

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Europe Germany

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

June 16, 2018

Allemagne, la prison privatisée

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Europe Germany

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 20, 2018

Germany: use of Taser by the Dutch police unacceptable

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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…

January 2, 2018

Alemania: huyen dos presos de una cárcel de Berlín, mientras sigue la búsqueda de otros cuatro

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Germany

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November 28, 2017

German court rules against overpricing phone calls for prisoners

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Justice Social ties Germany

Germany’s constitutional court ruled on Tuesday against overpricing phone calls made by prison inmates, saying that disregarding the economic interests of prisoners violates their constitutional right to rehabilitation.

November 27, 2017

Allemagne : incarcéré depuis 4 mois suite au G20 de Hambourg, Fabio 19 ans, tient tête à la justice

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Europe Germany

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August 25, 2017

Germany: un teatro en una cárcel alemana, contra el extremismo islamista

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Europe Religion Germany

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March 6, 2017

Germany : prison forced to feed inmates McDonalds

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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…

September 1, 2016

Allemagne : le pays épinglé par la CEDH pour ses prisons

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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.