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"Our biggest problem up to date": Liability warns in "Stern TV" documentary of dangerous drug By: Paulina Meissner Print "Stern TV special: locked up - live behind bars" - Dr.med.Sigrid Bormann is a liability in the Uelzen correctional facility.According to her, synthetic drugs in particular are a growing problem in prisons.© rtl The rules are strict in prisons - and yet there is always forbidden drug use and smuggling.In the "Stern TV" special "locked up - life behind bars", a liabilitywoman explained which dangerous substance is being consumed more and more. Many German prisons are at the load limit.Nationwide, 60,391 of 70,279 places are occupied, an occupancy rate of 86 percent.In addition, there are not enough staff.According to estimates, 2,000 jobs in Germany are vacant - but without the employees it is hardly possible. "Stern TV special: locked up - live behind bars" - the occupants are checked by the JVA employees for drugs and other prohibited objects.© rtl So what is the current life in German prisons?The "Stern TV Special" entitled "Capped - Life Behind Grids" was now up to this question.The team speaks to occupants, employees of the prison, members of the detained and doctors.It shows that the lack of space and personnel is not only a big problem. Many of the inmates are drug -dependent before they are arrested, and some also suffer from mental illnesses.Doctors like Dr.Sigrid Bormann.It supplies the inmates of the Uelzen correctional facility and manages the medication in the jealous infirmary.Often it is sleeping pills: "Many of the occupants have a drug problem and the sleep rhythm is completely disturbed," says the doctor.In addition, there is the psychological tension that negatively affects sleep.But antidepressants and remedies for psychoses are also often needed. "Everyone would like to have that who is addicted to drugs" Harder medication, such as narcotics, are kept specially.In the so -called "armored cabinet".There are good reasons for this: "This is in custody and also outside the custody.Medicines such as Tavor, Oxycodon or Tilidin are acted for a lot of money outside of prisons. But the abuse of narcotics is not the biggest problem in prisons.Because despite strict controls and measures, drugs are also smuggled into custody.Above all, Bormann and her colleagues are increasingly worried."Our biggest problem is NPS, these are new psychoactive substances." Accordingly, it is a powder that is applied to paper with the help of liquids, torn into pieces and then smoked."That is the most problems for us at the moment," emphasizes the doctor."It started with the fact that children painted a picture of their fathers. This pictures was then sprayed on and sent by letter."Particularly fatal: Sometimes a quarter of a "paper box" are enough to "move in a different state". NPS: Consequences of drug use can be fatal The drugs are not easy to find: "You can put it in the shoe, under the stocking, between your toes - you don't see that," says Bormann.The synthetic drugs play an increasing role in German prisons.According to this, 80 percent of the smuggled drugs are of synthetic origin.The sales value is between 150 and 200 euros. The consequences of consumption can be fatal.The liability reports: "Some vomiting, have diarrhea, become passed out or fall around".However, there have already been patients who fell into psychosis for three weeks.You even had to revive an occupant. In order to counteract drug use, the inmates are supplied with appropriate medication.But the highest safety precautions also apply.So there have been threats to the doctor more often if inmates did not receive the funds they asked."That is a case where I say: 'Next time I don't want to have you alone with me," said Bormann.(This article was created in cooperation with Teleschau.)