Justice Center Leoben

The Justice Center Leoben is a court and prison complex in Leoben in Styria. In addition to the Leoben Regional Court and the District Court, the court prison and the Attorney General is housed in the building.

The buildings meet modern architectural requirements. For the planning of the Justice Center, the architect Josef Hohensinn was awarded in 2004 even with the Architecture Prize of the Province of Styria. The Justice Center was officially opened in March 2005 and as a European flagship project on the justice and corrections sector. Nevertheless, it is just the connected prison due to the modern management of the institution is not without controversy. So the prison on a Georgian website has been touted as a holiday destination, as one might think when comparing with Georgian proportions almost paradisiacal conditions. In addition, the prison of Leoben was also the first detention center in Austria, in a popularly referred to as " cuddle cell " long-term visitors' room was set up, which caused additional resentment among the population.

The prison of the building was created total time for the execution of pre-trial detention and imprisonment up to 18 months. With 205 inmates, the prison is fully booked. Loosened prison is possible for each 15 inmates in one of the four living groups. Outside of the actual prison is the outdoor cat house called a covering capacity of up to 30 people.

On the grounds of the former, used until 2005 Leoben prison is now the shopping center Leoben City Shopping.