"Shambles of a state treaty": criticism of the prison building

In the Thuringian state parliament, several MPs have criticized delays and cost increases in the construction of a joint Thuringian-Saxon prison in Zwickau. "What a debacle", said FDP MP Dirk Bergner on Wednesday during a topical debate in the Thuringian state parliament. We neither know when the prison construction will be completed, nor do we know how much it will cost in the end. "What we are seeing here is the shambles of a state treaty."

The project has been criticized for years, and an opening date originally planned for 2019 has been postponed to 2025. The estimated costs have doubled. The planned new prison in Zwickau will have space for up to 820 prisoners - 450 from Saxony and 370 from Thuringia. It is intended to replace several other prisons. The two federal states signed a state treaty for the project in 2014.