Prisoner breaks out of Duisburg-Hamborn correctional facility

With the Duisburg breakout, a prisoner in North Rhine-Westphalia managed to escape from a closed prison system for the first time in a record-breaking five years. According to the NRW Ministry of Justice, a prisoner was most recently able to do this on June 2, 2021 from the prison in Bielefeld-Brackwede. The data goes back to 1979.

Prison escapes have become rare. In 1991, 45 prisoners escaped in North Rhine-Westphalia in one year, 41 in 1993 and 43 prisoners in 1994. Better technology and organization, as well as improved prison conditions, ensured that not a single prisoner managed to escape in 2004 and 2006.

Hamborn outbreak

In the Duisburg-Hamborn prison on Sunday morning, a 35-year-old suspected burglar sawed through a prison bar, pushed open a window and then climbed the facade to freedom.

The Serb had been in custody since February 10th on allegations of theft. At the end of May he was sentenced to six years in prison for two residential burglaries that caused extensive damage. However, the punishment is not yet final.

On the other hand, escapes occur more often than escapes when prisoners use an opportune moment to escape without causing damage to property or using violence, such as during doctor's visits or releases.