No matter how honorable the intentions of Wolfgang M., the climate activist who has been taken into preventive detention, may be, the form of protest he has chosen disregards the basic principles of democracy.comment by Martin BernsteinA hunger strike is moral blackmail. And can therefore be a legitimate tool in the political battle of opinions. Namely, when the addressee is clear and can answer on the same level: moral - or immoral. However, if the demands made are taken seriously,...
A member of the climate activist group "Last Generation" who is currently being held in the Stadelheim correctional facility (JVA) has gone on a hunger strike. This was confirmed by both the group and the Munich police. At their request, an investigating judge had ordered that the man must remain in custody until December 2 as a preventive measure. However, the information as to when the 47-year-old Wolfgang M. stopped eating is contradictory.A spokesman for the "Last Generation" confirmed a...
In prisons, an outbreak is always to be expected, but in the Stadelheim correctional facility (JVA) they are particularly preparing to prevent one: that of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. "Of course we have emergency plans," says Stadelheim's director Michael Stumpf, "and we have created fall-back levels for certain areas." If, for example, the kitchen team had to be completely quarantined, he has already organized representatives for the representatives, should they still be canceled afterwards: "As a precaution, we...
There was a fire in the Stadelheim correctional facility on Thursday. According to head Michael Stumpf, a fire broke out in a solitary cell in the afternoon. Employees had taken the prisoner out of the cell and fought the fire until the fire department intervened. According to the first information from the police, a person is said to have been slightly injured.According to the fire brigade, 18 people were examined and there were no injuries. According to initial findings, the...
