An American Tour of German Prisons
The Stiff Competition to Work in German Prisons
In Germany, where citizens actually compete with one another to work for prisons, some states require applicants to score over 100 on an IQ test to even qualify for the job.
How Germany Treats Young Criminals
In Neustrelitz Prison, administrators emphasize therapy and eschew the retributive impulse that has defined American justice for decades. Inmates even have rabbits and horses to look after.
Can German Prisons Teach America How to Handle Its Most Violent Criminals?
The preventative detention unit at Tegel Prison in Berlin offers a radically different way to approach those felons Americans might call the "worst of the worst."
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What Can America Learn from Germany's Prison System?
VICE and the Marshall Project are documenting a trip by US leaders to Germany in hopes that they have the credibility and clout to make changes to America's own mess of a prison system.
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