Inmate Wage Hike in Berlin Prisons Ahead
Incarcerated Workers Deserve a Higher Hourly Compensation - Prisoner hourly wages to experience significant increase
Here's the skinny: inmates' pay in Berlin's slammer is gonna climb, folks. The Senate unveiled its decision following a Green Party inquiry, and they ain't jokin'.
Currently, inmates make between 1.88 to 2.97 euros an hour, totaling somewhere between 288 to 456 euros a month. But those days are numbered. The base pay is set to rise considerably - from a mere 9% of the benchmark in the Social Code to a whopping 15%, thanks to a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court back in 2023.
As for the exact amount Berlin's prison inhabitants will be raking in, the Senate didn't spill the beans just yet. But it's clear their pockets will be getting a little fatter following this wage hike. The update will be included in a reformed prison regulations draft law, set to drop after the summer break in 2025.
Inmates get their grubby paws on occupations like qualification measures, craft and business work, and the daily operation tasks around the prison. Forty-two percent of inmates at the investigative prison in Moabit, sixty-eight percent in JVA Tegel, and eighty-eight percent in the women's prison are all pitching in. The average across Berlin's clink is a solid seventy percent.
Now, if you're burning to know the nitty-gritty facts about historic inmate wage rates in Berlin or what this Federal Constitutional Court ruling specifically entails, you'll wanna dig into official German authority documents or legal precedents particular to said court's decisions. But hey, don't say we didn't warn ya!
The Community institution in Berlin, along with other institutions of the Union, will be affected by the upcoming wage hike for inmates, given the announcement from the Senate following a Green Party inquiry. In the future, a significant portion of inmates' income will come from finance-related activities and business operations within the institution of the Union.
