On 17 September 2022, a man escaped from the open prison in Spandau. He had been transferred to the open-regime facility a few days before, on 13 September, to prepare for his release, scheduled for 26 October. He voluntary returned to the prison ten days after his escape and was placed in a closed facility. He is serving the rest of his sentence with no consequences: in Germany, escaping from prison is not punishable under criminal law.

An inmate of the Essen correctional facility escaped during his hospitalisation for a broken jaw. The police searched for the escaped inmate. He was believed to have escaped while using the toilet.

An inmate sentenced to a 150-day alternative sentence escaped from the open prison at the Brandenburg/Havel correctional centre. The federal police arrested him three days later and placed him in a prison in Berlin.

A prisoner attempted to escape from the correctional facility in Burg (Saxony-Anhalt). The man held two prison officers as hostages, one after the other. He took the first hostage when the cells were being closed for the night and managed to reach the exercise yard. He then changed hostages and demanded that other doors be opened. He was subdued within an hour.

Four prisoners attacked a prison officer at the Straubing prison in Bavaria. The agent’s neck was reportedly injured with a key. The perpetrators of the attack were placed in isolation then transferred to different facilities in Bavaria.

The Bavarian association of prison officers (Verband der Bayerischen Justizvollzugsbediensteten) has noted a growing number of attacks on prison officers despite recently reinforced security measures in Bavarian facilities (increased video surveillance, installation of emergency alarm systems). The Minister for Justice in Bavaria recorded 54 assaults on staff members in 2021. These assaults primarily involve intentional bodily injury, hostage taking and sequestration.