The Next Scandal

Social Worker Smuggled Cell Phones into Prison

Cell phones within prison walls remain a major security risk.(Bild: Kerstin Wassermann)

The Klagenfurt correctional facility can’t catch a break, delivering yet another scandal. Following several successful escapes, the next mishap has now occurred behind bars: A social worker smuggled cell phones into the prison.

Social workers in prisons care for inmates, provide psychosocial support, counsel family members, and help ensure that the respective correctional goals are met. That is how it should generally be. A social worker at the Klagenfurt Correctional Facility, however, expanded her scope of work on her own initiative...