New forensic psychiatric hospital opens in Berlin-Tempelhof

A new location for Berlin's forensic hospital in Tempelhof is intended to relieve the pressure on the two existing locations. (Archive image)

A new location for Berlin's forensic hospital for mentally ill offenders has been opened in Tempelhof.

Forty-six patients from the Buch facility were transferred there last week, according to a joint statement by the police and the Senate. The new facility is shared by the forensic hospital and the police. The patients are criminals with addictions.

Enforcement for offenders who are not criminally responsible or partially criminally responsible

The new forensic hospital on Kirchhainer Damm is intended to relieve pressure on the sites on the grounds of the former Karl Bonhoeffer Psychiatric Clinic in Reinickendorf and in Buch. This has become urgently necessary, as both facilities have been overcrowded for years. The forensic hospital accommodates offenders who are not criminally responsible or only partially criminally responsible due to their illness. The aim is to treat these individuals in forensic psychiatry and protect the public from them.