Minister of Justice Sporrer Wants to Release 500 Prisoners at Once
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Criminal offenders with early release to "reward," says ÖVP head of club Ernst Gödl, "is a fatal signal."
Sentenced offenders should not benefit from overloading the system, emphasizes ÖVP head of club Ernst Gödl.
Whether this is the solution? Minister of Justice Anna Sporrer (SPÖ) plans to release 500 prisoners from Austria's prisons – in order to relieve them, as they say. However, anyone who is detained for a sexual, terrorist or serious violence offence is exempt from it. The ministry is working on "measures to achieve a one-off release," Sporrer said there. "This applies to persons who have proven themselves in prison for example in cases of release.…
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der Standard DEThis is intended to relieve the burden on the judicial institutions. The measure is to apply only to inmates with good guidance.
The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) views Justice Minister Anna Sporrer's (Social Democratic Party of Austria, SPÖ) plans for the early release of 500 prisoners with some skepticism. In a statement released on Saturday, parliamentary group leader Ernst Gödl said the Justice Minister should not act rashly. It must be clear what the estimate of the number of eligible individuals is based on. In any case, it cannot be the case that convicted criminal…
In order to relieve the prisons, Minister of Justice Anna Sporrer plans to release 500 prisoners under strict security criteria.
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