Overview
- The probe, which led to Friday raids with about 210 officers, now targets eight staff members and three former inmates linked to organized crime circles.
- Prosecutors say inmates paid monthly fees to get warnings before cell checks and to have violations fixed after the fact.
- Staff allegedly supplied fake residence registrations and sham jobs to make prisoners eligible for transfer to the open prison and to bypass required checks.
- After a briefing to state lawmakers Tuesday, the justice minister ordered a special audit of Euskirchen and security reviews at all 36 state prisons.
- The justice ministry also told lawmakers that two electronic master transponders are missing from the facility.