Mysterious death in prison: visit to love ends fatal!

Mysterious death in prison: visit to love ends fatal!

Burg bei Magdeburg, Deutschland - A tragic event happened on Thursday afternoon in prison in Burg near Magdeburg, where 35-year-old Franziska A. died during a visit to her husband. The incident occurred in a long -term visitor that enables prisoners to spend several hours unattended with their partners or family members. The woman was found lifeless around 2:00 p.m. Initial investigations showed that no striking external injuries were found at the corpse show, but pressure times on the neck of the deceased. These could possibly indicate chokes. The exact course is unclear and there is speculation about whether it is a crime or a tragic sex accident. An autopsy to clarify the cause of death is planned for Monday and the investigation of the responsible bodies is ongoing.

In such cases, it shows how complex the situation in the prison system is. A study by the national research program "End of life" examines the challenges with which older prisoners are confronted and identifies the problem of aging and dying in prisons. The number of over 60s inmates has more than tripled in the past 30 years, which is due to demographic development and increasing crime in this age group. Professor Nicolas Queloz from the University of Freiburg emphasizes that human dignity is often disregarded in such situations, especially if terminally ill inmates like a 90-year-old criminal resources to die in a hospice, but are rejected, since they are considered a risk to public security.

causes and consequences

The strict laws lead to longer prison terms and a growing prison population of older people. A doubling of the inmate number over 50 years will be forecast by 2030, and by 2050 this number could be more than tenfold. These demographic changes also present the health system and the infrastructure of the correctional facilities with great challenges.

recommendations from research include the adaptation of the prison infrastructure to the needs of aging inmates as well as the training of staff in the care of elderly and sick. In addition, the provision of palliative care and the possibility of an accompanied suicide for judgmentally capable, terminally ill inmates is required. Some institutions such as the Lenzburg and Pöschwies correctional facilities already serve as positive examples in which special departments for older and sick occupants have been set up. Such departments have not yet been present in western Switzerland, but planned projects in Vaud and Geneva could help here in the near future.

These incidents and developments illustrate the urgent need to improve the conditions in prison and to maintain the rights of the occupants in order to meet the challenges of aging and dying behind bars.

While the exact circumstances of the tragic death of Franziska A. are still being examined, this incident throws a light on the often repressed reality in the life of prisoners who have to deal with not only with their punishment, but also with the topic of dying and health care.

For more information about the challenges of the penalty and dying in prisons, see also the study results of UniFr.ch and the reporting on oe24.at .