Aufsätze /Articles. Der Strafvollzug der beiden deutschen Staaten – eine weitere „asymmetrisch verflochtene Parallelgeschichte“?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Despite their different social systems, the prison systems of the two German states were also asymmetrically intertwined. After the end of the war, prison reforms were carried out in both East and West, and later interdependent prison inspections were conducted by the IRK. Parallel Amnesty plans failed, but the two German states competed for example to enact a prison law. In particular, the GDR rulers’ concern for world public opinion resulted in the inclusion of UN minimum standards in the regulation of prison conditions. In practice, however, only a few prominent political prisoners benefited from any kind of functionaries’ considerations.
Source: Totalitarismus und Demokratie
Author: Tobias Wunschik
Language: German
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417227783