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Even
if
we
accept
,
for
argument
’s
sake
,
that
preventive
detention
was
imposed
in
the
hospital
-
like
conditions
that
the
Government
have
depicted
,
this
should
not
distract
us
from
the
hard
reality
that
Sicherungsverwahrten
are
detained
,
and
may
remain
in
detention
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
.
In
the
case
of
juveniles
,
this
can
mean
life
-
long
imprisonment
.
As
a
matter
of
historical
accuracy
,
one
should
not
forget
that
the
distance
requirement
was
created
to
guarantee
these
detainees
a
“
modicum
of
quality
of
life
”
,
which
shows
that
the
underlying
assumption
was
that
these
were
“
hopeless
”
people
who
were
not
amenable
to
therapy
and
who
would
stay
behind
bars
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.[152
]
At
the
end
of
the
day
,
the
Constitutional
Court
recognised
that
the
encroachment
made
by
preventive
detention
upon
the
right
to
liberty
,
“
even
if
the
distance
requirement
is
complied
with
”
(
selbst
bei
Währung
des
Abstandsgebotes
)
,
is
“
comparable
”
(
vergleichbar
)
to
a
custodial
sentence
with
regard
to
the
permanent
deprivation
of
external
liberty[153
]
and
,
when
explaining
why
Federal
rather
than
Länder
legislation
was
competent
to
introduce
retrospective
preventive
detention
,
referred
to
it
as
a
“
penalty
”
(
Strafe
)
.[154
]
The
same
applied
even
to
therapeutic
placement.[155
]
In
the
light
of
the
general
principles
of
systematic
interpretation
of
constitutional
law
,
it
is
indeed
hard
to
understand
why
the
Constitutional
Court
considers
penalties
and
measures
of
prevention
and
correction
as
two
subject
-
matters
of
the
same
nature
,
namely
criminal
law
(
Strafrecht
)
,
but
separates
them
for
the
purpose
of
the
principle
of
legality
.
This
selective
position
of
the
Karlsruhe
judges
speaks
volumes
about
the
true
punitive
meaning
of
preventive
detention
and
therapy
placement
.
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