The 29-year-old man is suspected of being involved in a large-scale drug trafficking. He was finally arrested after a house search in his apartment in Vienna where significant amounts of drugs were found. But despite the criminal indictment against the man, his presence in prison causes commotion is Austria. That writes the Austrian news site Heute.
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The man is currently staying in the prison of Kornneuburg in Austria. With a weight of almost 300 kilos, he is the heaviest prisoner in the country. He initially stayed in pre -trial detention in the prison of Josefstadt. But because a standard bed in that prison could no longer keep the man and even threatened to collapse, the prisoner was transferred.
Specially welded bed and care 24 hours a day
There is now a specially welded bed in his cell in the prison of Kornneuburg. There the man would receive care from an external company 24 hours a day. The costs for care and support amount to around 1,800 euros per day, or around 55,000 euros per month. That while a ‘normal’ prisoner costs around 180 euros a day.
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There is now a lot of criticism of those enormous amounts. FPö security spokesperson, Christian Lausch, from his concern. “Simply madness – while there is massive cuts on health care for the paying population!” The case also causes dissatisfaction within the prison system. They wonder why the prisoner is not placed in a nursing home, which would probably be considerably cheaper.