Zwickau - "Shambles of a state treaty": criticism of the prison building
In the Thuringian state parliament, several MPs have criticized delays and cost increases in the construction of a joint Thuringian-Saxon prison in Zwickau. "What a debacle," said FDP MP Dirk Bergner on Wednesday during a topical debate in the Thuringian state parliament. We neither know when the prison construction will be completed, nor do we know how much it will cost in the end. "What we are seeing here is the shambles of a state treaty."
The project has been criticized for years; an opening date originally planned for 2019 has been postponed to 2025. The estimated costs have doubled. The planned new prison in Zwickau will have space for up to 820 prisoners - 450 from Saxony and 370 from Thuringia. It is intended to replace several other prisons. The two federal states signed a state treaty for the project in 2014.
Left-wing MP Sascha Bilay pointed out that Wolfgang Voss (CDU) was Thuringia's finance minister at the time. He had previously been State Secretary of Finance in Saxony. "If the public is now asking why this treaty was so detrimental to Thuringia's interests, it is because only eyes from Saxony were looking at this treaty."
CDU MP Stefan Schard said that solutions had to be sought. "There are huge problems with the construction of the prison in Zwickau." He saw no other option than to "bring Zwickau online as quickly as possible".
SPD MP Dorothea Marx said: "This is a very, very bad situation that we are completely excluded from influencing." It was important to ensure that the prison system in Thuringia did not suffer as a result.
According to the state treaty, Thuringia has to bear around 45.12 percent of the costs, explained Thuringia's Justice Minister Doreen Denstädt (Greens). The contract had been agreed "without safety clauses and obviously from a poor negotiating position for Thuringia". For example, Thuringia had refrained from exerting any significant sovereign influence on the construction.
The most recent target date for commissioning was the first quarter of 2025. However, Denstädt said that a new date would first have to wait for a new construction schedule to be drawn up. According to the information, total costs of 149.5 million euros were initially estimated in 2014. Thuringia's share should have amounted to 67.5 million euros. In the meantime, the total costs were estimated at 302.8 million euros. Denstädt indicated that Saxony was probably expecting further cost increases.
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- The construction of the joint Thuringian-Saxon prison in Zwickau, which was originally planned for completion in 2019, is now expected to be finished in 2025 due to delays and cost increases.
- FDP MP Dirk Bergner criticized the situation in the Thuringian state parliament, describing it as the 'shambles of a state treaty'.
- CDU MP Stefan Schard suggested solving the problems by bringing the Zwickau prison online as quickly as possible.
- The estimated costs for the new prison in Zwickau, which will house up to 820 prisoners, have doubled since 2014, according to Thuringia's Justice Minister Doreen Denstädt.
- Left-wing MP Sascha Bilay accused Wolfgang Voss, who was Thuringia's finance minister at the time and a former State Secretary of Finance in Saxony, of neglecting Thuringia's interests in the state treaty.
- According to the state treaty, Thuringia is responsible for approximately 45.12% of the construction costs, despite the contract being agreed without any significant sovereign influence or safety clauses for Thuringia.
- Despite the cost increase, Saxony is likely to expect further inflation in costs, as indicated by Thuringia's Justice Minister Doreen Denstädt.
Source: www.stern.de
