Brandenburg-Görden Prison is located on Anton-Saefkow-Allee in the Görden quarter of Brandenburg an der Havel . Erected between 1927 and 1935, it was built to be the most secure and modern prison in Europe. Both criminal and political prisoners were sent there, as well as people imprisoned for preventive detention or for interrogation and prisoners of war. Built with a capacity of 1,800, it sometimes held over 4,000 during the Nazi era. After the war, East Germany used the prison to incarcerate at least 170,000 people. Prisoners were used for labor, with them making things such as tractors, kitchen furniture, uniforms and radiation suits, electric motors, shoes, and cars.
21-720: A first Zuchthaus in Brandenburg was established on Neuendorfer Straße in 1820. The old Brandenburg Prison was closed in 1931 because of its disastrous hygienic conditions, but later housed a Nazi concentration camp from August 1933 till February 1934. It later became the site of the Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre , part of the Nazis' involuntary euthanasia program known later as Aktion T4 , where from February to October 1940, some 10,000 disabled, mentally retarded or mentally ill people were gassed based on official numbers. Upon
42-572: A legal basis by the end of 2007. In an unrelated development, the Federal German parliament decided in 2006, to reorganize relations between the Federal government and the Länder ( states ) ("federalism reform"). In this context prison legislation was assigned to the individual Länder . By 1 January 2008, prison laws for adults would come into effect in three Länder ( Bavaria , Hamburg , Lower Saxony ). In
63-635: A maximum of three months) are generally assigned to prisons for first-time offenders ( Erstvollzug ). Recidivists are assigned to so-called regular imprisonment ( Regelvollzug ). People who receive long sentences are imprisoned at a maximum security prison ( Langstrafenanstalt ). Special institutions are also provided for female and juvenile prisoners and for those with special health or psychiatric needs. Social-therapeutic prisons ( sozialtherapeutische Haftanstalten ) are special departments for prisoners that have been punished for sexual crimes. In these prisons, groups of 10-15 prisoners live together and each group
84-421: A minimum of 15 years. After 15 years, the sentence may be commuted. The prison underwent renovations that were completed in 2014. Security and technical equipment were upgraded. The prison remained operational during this time. The street where the prison exists is now named for one of the people executed there, Anton Saefkow . (Many of the people on this list are notable because they later became important in
105-474: Is rehabilitation--to enable prisoners to lead a life of "social responsibility without committing criminal offenses" upon release--and public safety. Prisons are administered by each federal state , but governed by an overarching federal law. There are 183 prisons in all, with the most located in Germany's most populous states Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia . In 2022, the total number of prisoners in Germany
126-511: Is supported by assigned social workers, correction officers and psychologists. The goal of these sections is to give the prisoners a chance to refurbish socialization deficits. Looking at World Prison Brief's website, adults make up the largest percentage of people in prison currently in Germany. According to Prison Studies, adults make up 97.2% of all prisoners with 2.8% being juveniles/minors/young prisoners. (Prison Studies, 2018) The total number of prisoners in Germany as of 31 March 2023
147-639: The German Democratic Republic . For more information on any of the people below, see the list on the German version of this page.) 52°25′19″N 12°28′18″E / 52.4219°N 12.4716°E / 52.4219; 12.4716 Prisons in Germany#Previous types of prisons Prisons in Germany are a set of penal institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany . Their purpose
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189-531: The Nazi Machtergreifung , the new prison in Görden became an instrument of political repression and terror . It was a Zuchthaus for inmates with lengthy or life sentences at hard labor, as well as prisoners who had been sentenced to death. Initially, there weren't many political prisoners at the new prison, but during the war years, the share increased to about 60%. In 1940, Brandenburg-Görden became one of
210-474: The focus on rehabilitation, have resulted in advocates using German prisons as an example for improvement to prison conditions in other parts of the world. Before 1970, there were five kinds of confinement in Germany. They were Zuchthaus (prison), Gefängnis (prison), Einschließung (jail), Arbeitshaus (workhouse), and Haft (custody). A Zuchthaus was a prison of hard, physically exerting labor, such as breaking rocks, where prisoners had to work, even to
231-732: The notorious People's Court under President Roland Freisler . The youngest victim was a 15-year-old French boy. By the end of 1942, "preventive detention" prisoners, such as Jews, Roma , Sinti , Russians and Ukrainians were sent to concentration camps. Several victims were members of the 20 July plot , about 100 were Bible Students condemned as conscientious objectors . By the end of the Nazi era, from 1933–1945, roughly 4,300 people had been imprisoned at Brandenburg-Görden. A total of 1,722 people, who were sentenced for political reasons, were executed there. 652 other political prisoners died from disease and seven committed suicide. The Red Army liberated
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#1732855396752252-563: The other Länder the old Federal Prison Act will remain in force for the time being. The head offices for the state prison services are in the respective state justice ministry. There, a prison service department controls the organization of the prison service, personnel matters, basic and advanced training for prison staff, budgets, construction, cooperation in prison service legislation, the employment of prisoners, and vocational training and education for prisoners. It also reviews petitions and complaints and its representatives visit and inspect
273-482: The point of collapse. This was repealed by a reform of the penal code, which took effect on March 31, 1970 . Today, a Gefängnis is known as a Justizvollzugsanstalt , or "Justice Enforcement Facility". The first German Prison Act was passed in 1976 by federal legislation. It applies only to adults. Because of a 2006 decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, also Juvenile corrections has to be put on
294-1388: The preceding 3-5 year period, with the proportion of foreign prisoners above half in several states. The largest foreign groups were from Poland, Tunisia, Libya, Czech Republic and Georgia. Foreign prisoners often do not understand prison rules because they are not explained in their native tongue. Liste der Widerstandsk%C3%A4mpfer gegen den Nationalsozialismus Look for Liste der Widerstandskämpfer gegen den Nationalsozialismus on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Liste der Widerstandskämpfer gegen den Nationalsozialismus in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
315-569: The prison during the Battle of Berlin on 27 April 1945, finding around 3,600 prisoners, including 180 awaiting execution. After the war, the Soviet Army imprisoned collaborators here until 1947, primarily members of the Russian Liberation Army . Until 1989, the German Democratic Republic also used the correctional facility for political prisoners. Since 1975, there has been a memorial room at
336-416: The prison, which is today part of a Justizvollzugsanstalt complex. Today the prison is divided into three main sections, plus a social therapy wing and prison hospital. There is a jail for 88 adults, a medium security wing for 330 adult men and a minimum security wing for 100 adult men. In addition, there is a social therapy wing with 80 men and a prison hospital with 32 beds. There are another 36 beds in
357-480: The prisons regularly. There is no mid-level authority anymore between the Ministry of Justice and the prisons. This direct contact facilitates decision-making and ensures the ministry is close to the life of the prison service. As a rule, pretrial confinement is conducted at a facility close to the public prosecutor's office that is prosecuting the case. Criminals who have never been imprisoned (or were imprisoned for
378-429: The selected central execution sites established throughout Germany by the order of Adolf Hitler and Reich Minister of Justice Franz Gürtner . An execution chamber was installed, using what had previously been a garage, with a guillotine and a gallows . The total number of executions was 2,743 and took place between 1 August 1940 and 20 April 1945, most of them convicts sentenced to death by Sondergerichte courts of
399-437: The transport wing for prisoners who are being moved from one location to another. The JVA Brandenburg is a men's prison and is supported by a total staff of 439, of whom 145 are women. Prisoners there have sentences from temporary detention to life , the most severe sentence in Germany. Life sentence does not, however, mean one is to spend the rest of one's life in prison, rather that it is for an undetermined, but long time with
420-467: Was 44,232, of which 40,925 were imprisoned, 2,698 were in youth custody, and 609 were in preventive detention. The following table gives the prison population over time. A large proportion of German prisoners are foreigners; over 15,000 in 2023, about 35% of the prison population. In 2019, all states of Germany reported an increase in the share of foreign and stateless inmates in the Prisons in Germany in
441-413: Was 56,325, an incarceration rate of 67 per 100,000 people. Prisoners in Germany are given different freedoms and responsibilities. Most prisoners are obligated to perform paid work in an effort to promote resocialization efforts. Often, prisoners have television, posters hanging in their cells, private bathrooms, and free time in which they can roam around outside their cells. These conditions, along with
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