Choir project in Thorberg prison canceled
A spring festival with a gospel choir involving prisoners at the Thorberg prison in Bern has been canceled at short notice. Those responsible are of the opinion that further media attention could only harm the institution.
According to a report in the newspaper The Confederation should have performed with the Emmental Gospel Choir as part of the non-public festival. The whole thing would have been led by Regula Knuchel, choir director and pastor in Rüegsau,
Now the Bernese Office for Deprivation of Liberty and Supervision has put a stop to this. The Thorberg institution is currently being criticized for various reasons.
The director of the facility was recently dismissed and another department head is alleged to have allowed prisoners to work for his own company. The person concerned - presumably a friend of the dismissed director - has since resigned from his position.
