Dilapidated JVA in Bremen: Plans for festival fail due to bureaucracy!

Dilapidated JVA in Bremen: Plans for festival fail due to bureaucracy!

Blockland, Deutschland - In Bremen there is a very special place that attracts hobby discoverers and urban Explorer: the former youth judicial facility (JVA) in the blockland. This was closed in 2004 and has been one of the most impressive Lost Places in the city since then. The institution was built in 1966 with the aim of establishing a reformative approach in the execution of the youth that relied on re -socialization and education. But the last inmates were moved to the JVA Oslebshausen two decades ago, and since then the site has increasingly fallen, reports T-online .

Various plans for the subsequent use of the area were created, including the idea of ​​setting up a home for unaccompanied minor refugees or using the site as a festival location. However, these projects all remained without implementation. The buildings are heavily dilapidated, sometimes even asbestos, while the infrastructure is in a desolate state. A feasibility study for a festival site has already been rejected, and the future of the former prison remains uncertain. Current legal and structural hurdles are opposed to meaningful use and entering the site is prohibited by the authorities - a ban that exists for good reason.

discussion about festival use

Aquarius plans for festivals can arouse big expectations. As the Weser-Kurier was reported to the previous state government. to check the feasibility of festivals in the former youth prison. The feasibility study in this regard was completed in July 2023, but has not yet been published. The managing director of the office, Robin Höning, says that this could be a sham participation in the cultural scene. At the same time, Aygün Kilincsoy, spokesman for the current SPD building line, explains that the study is based on methodological gaps and is not suitable for publication.

Kilincsoy is about the fact that the report examines the basic feasibility of a festival use, but only inadequately treats the economic and structural framework conditions. Höning is angry with this statement, after all, such defects had never been pointed out during the one and a half year project work. The legal requirements and the ailing infrastructure of the JVA alone stand in the way of a festival in this area, which is why Kilincsoy sees the possibilities skeptical and a festival site classifies as unrealistic considering the budget situation.

re -socialization as a long -term goal

The approach of re -socialization, which was once sought in the facility, also has an important role in other correctional facilities. According to Justice nrw , a successful treatment of prisoners requires the participation and insight of those affected. In order to minimize relapse risks, individual causes of crime are diagnosed at the beginning of the execution and corresponding treatment measures are developed. The large number of therapy offers aim to prepare the detainees for a successful reintegration into society.