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Manfred Lucha (Alliance 90/The Greens), Minister for Social Affairs and Integration in Baden-Württemberg, speaks in the state parliament at a meeting of the social committee of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg.
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21 lawyers report in a letter about allegedly “massive abuses” in a facility for addicted criminals.
The responsible minister has now rejected the criticism in the state parliament.
Stuttgart - After the incendiary letter from several lawyers about alleged abuses in the “Fauler Pelz” rehabilitation center in Heidelberg, Social Affairs Minister Manfred Lucha (Greens) has rejected the allegations.
A patient also recently died at the facility.
Lucha said on Wednesday in the social committee of the state parliament in Stuttgart that he could not conclude any omissions or misconduct from the information available to him.
21 lawyers had signed a letter about “undignified and scandalous” conditions in the “Faulen Pelz” in Heidelberg.
Among other things, they criticize a significant lack of therapy services and nursing staff as well as aggressive security forces who would even offer drugs.
There are also massive structural defects in the facility, as stated in the letter that became known on Tuesday.
The former “Fauler Pelz” prison has been used as a correctional facility since August and has 80 places.
Addicted and mentally ill offenders are accommodated and treated in the penal system.
Around two weeks ago, a 27-year-old died in the facility; according to the Heidelberg public prosecutor's office, the cause of death was initially unclear.
The use of the former prison for correctional measures is planned as an interim solution until the summer of 2025.
dpa