Overview

• National occupancy stands at about 86 percent, with 60,391 of 70,279 prison places in use.
• Rheinland-Pfalz’s closed male and female facilities operate at 103 percent and 113.8 percent capacity, respectively.
• Bremen, Hamburg, Baden-Württemberg and Saarland report occupancies above 90 percent, while Sachsen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern register below 80 percent.
• Roughly 2,000 prison service positions are vacant, exacerbating security and management challenges.
• Authorities have increased cell-sharing practices in suitable spaces to cope with rising inmate counts.