Overview
- The indictment targets former prison director Zoraida Maldonado de Landauer, her deputy Susanne B., and an alleged ringleader from the facility’s security unit.
- Prosecutors cite offenses including bodily harm in office and deprivation of liberty linked to conduct at JVA Augsburg-Gablingen.
- Reports describe detainees confined in special secure cells without mattresses, sometimes naked, and for prolonged periods.
- Investigators examined more than 40,000 chat messages that, according to reporting, suggest leadership received updates on cell placements.
- Broader probes into roughly 18 to 20 staff continue, further charges are expected, and Bavaria has advanced reforms requiring judicial approval for stays over 72 hours along with new protective spaces and stronger psychiatric care.