From the Frankfurter Rundschau:
In dem neueren Fall hatte der Verdächtige einen Anwalt, der so etwas wie ein Experte für den Zustand der britischen Gefängnisse war. Jan-Carl Janssen schrieb seine Dissertation über das Strafvollzugssystem in England, Wales und Schottland und führte vor Gericht seine Untersuchungen zu Themen wie chronische Überbelegung, Personalmangel und Gewalt unter Insassen an. Er sagte auch, dass einige Zellen zu klein, zu dunkel und schlecht belüftet sind.
That’s a one-year LL.M. dissertation btw.
The German mindset is hard to understand sometimes. I often get the feeling they live on another planet – Planet Germany. They are, well, consensus-based, even when (especially when?) the things they believe simply aren’t true.
Unfortunately, a couple of days later a man charged as a terrorist managed to escape from Wandsworth Prison – perhaps not so tough for him if he wanted to escape.
From Sky News: “Daniel Khalife escaped prison using material which may have been from bed sheets, court hears. The former soldier was arrested on Saturday after an alleged 75 hours on the run. Daniel Khalife has appeared in court accused of using bedsheets to strap himself under a food truck to escape from Wandsworth prison.11 Sept 2023”
German are wonderful yet complex