The public prosecutor increases the alarm: the grievances in the juvenile sentence are huge, a 16-year-old was busy in a cell in Lower Austria with nine adults, and entire departments are resolved, according to the public prosecutor Gaby Schwarz. The lack of staff in priority is now flagrant.
The photo, which is set out by public prosecutor Gaby Schwarz, is not rosy. It is about young criminals between the ages of 14 and 18 who get their lives under control, have to put themselves back through the ports. “During and on his education and work,” says Schwarz. “Calculation, writing, learning from German – to get out of the vicious circle of crime.”
Dozens of nationalities come together in Austria
Between 110 and 135 young people are behind bars in Austria. “And the situation is catastrophic,” says the public lawyer. Youth departments would be simply resolved: in St. Pölten, Linz and Wiener Neustadt-A was even placed in a cell with nine adults. Dozens of nationalities come together in Austria, it is said that surveillance does not seem possible – especially given the precarious personnel situation. We are talking about a “scenario that young people have to keep away!” The fact that young people (although legally prohibited) are also locked up in the detention room for 23 hours is an absolute disaster for the public prosecutor.
The new youth prison on Münnichplatz in Vienna-Sudding was a big light point for Schwarz. Already in July 2024, as a replacement location for the dissolved special institution in Gerasdorf – it should have been “housed” 65 prisoners. But the JA is “still a construction site. Two of the three departments are not usable,” says Peter Kastner, vice -president of the public prosecutor. The wet rooms of the only open department are under water when used. Visits are only permitted once a week- finally, 80 of the 84 employees are missing.
Conclusion of the public prosecutor: There are recruitment measures on the part of the Ministry of Justice, jobs are being advertised, but nobody applies. Payment is a disaster, the staff burns, the suicide numbers would increase en masse. Schwarz: “There is no light at the end of the tunnel. My hope lies in the new Minister of Justice. Resocialization can only take place if the requirements fit.”
Source: Krone
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