THE NEW LEOBEN INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE – A MODEL ON TRIAL
THE NEW LEOBEN INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE – A MODEL ON TRIAL

Summary/Abstract: “Full Prisons,” “No Rooms Free in Lockup,” “The Austrian Prisons are Ripping at the Seams” –– These kind of blunt headlines are regularities in the yellow press. Academia and legal firms are talking about “overfilling becoming the universal norm.” In March 2008 approximately 8,800 people were incarcerated in Austrian correctional facilities; in May, 2006 it reached over 9,000 people. In light of the Austrian population of 8.3 Million, this means there were 105 inmates for every 100,000 citizen in 2007. In Germany the rate reaches 95 and Switzerland only 83 inmates per 100,000 residents.

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