Penal system - Another prisoner escapes from Berlin prison
Again, an inmate of a Berlin prison has escaped. However, the 40-year-old man did not break out of the JVA Plötzensee in Charlottenburg, but rather escaped unlawfully during a monitored doctor's visit outside the prison, according to a spokeswoman for the Senatsjustizverwaltung. A search was initiated for the man, but initially in vain.
The man was part of a group of prisoners who were on their way to the doctor. He was in the open regime at the Plötzensee prison, meaning he could leave the jail during the day. He was sentenced to a fine of 2,250 Euros for theft. Since he could not pay, he was sent to a so-called substitute prison sentence. The "B.Z." reported this.
This is the fourth case of an inmate using an escorted exit for an escape this year. A 57-year-old man used an escorted exit to visit his mother in Neukölln last Saturday to escape. The 57-year-old was sentenced to five years in prison for bodily harm and rape. He was serving his sentence but was still considered dangerous and was in protective custody at the JVA Tegel. Forty-two escorted exits had previously gone unnoticed.
Shortly before that, a two-time murderer did not return from an unmonitored exit from the prison. Two days later, he was arrested in Brandenburg. In February, a 54-year-old man from the protective custody of the JVA Tegel used an escorted exit for an escape. He was found after approximately three days in Schleswig-Holstein.
The escape from a monitored doctor's visit outside Plötzensee prison in Charlottenburg raises concerns about the security of the Berlin penal system. Despite being in a substitution prison sentence for theft, the man's sentence originally included time in a Penal system establishment.
