Visit to a youth prison

“I would have been a good person without drugs!”

Visiting the juvenile ward in Klagenfurt prison. Lukas sits behind a door like this - up to 23 hours a day.(Bild: Kerstin Wassermann)

Should the age of criminal responsibility for young people be reduced from 14 to twelve and should they be allowed to be imprisoned? What is it like behind bars? We were able to speak to young inmates like Lukas in Klagenfurt prison, who talks about his everyday life in prison - he is locked up for up to 23 hours a day.

The Klagenfurt prison has already been described by Justice Minister Alma Zadic as the "ugliest prison" in Austria. That is why the excavators are already rolling for a new building. But for the next three years, the 150 prison officers and around 300 inmates will still have to cope with cockroaches, broken pipes and cramped conditions. The "Krone" was allowed to take a closer look around with the head of the prison, Colonel Josef Gramm, and also talk to inmates anonymously.