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What Awaits the Former President in La Santé Prison and What Belongings Did He Bring?
Possibly the nation's most notorious correctional facility, the La Santé prison – where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is now serving a five-year jail term for criminal conspiracy to solicit election financing from Libya – stands as the last remaining prison within the French capital's boundaries.
Located in the south part of Montparnasse district of the capital, it first opened in 1867 and hosted of at least 40 executions, the last in 1972. Partly closed for refurbishment in 2014, the institution resumed operations five years later and houses in excess of 1,100 inmates.
Renowned former detainees comprise the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, the unauthorized trader Jérôme Kerviel, the public servant and Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, the businessman and politician Bernard Tapie, the militant from the seventies Carlos the Jackal, and model agent Jean-Luc Brunel.
Protected Wing for Notable Prisoners
High-profile or vulnerable inmates are generally held in the prison's QB4 ward for “protected persons” – the dubbed “premium block” – in single cells, rather than the standard three-inmate rooms, and separated during exercise periods for protection purposes.
Positioned on the initial level, the ward has nineteen similar cells and a dedicated recreation area so prisoners are not required to mingle with fellow inmates – while they remain vulnerable to whistles, jeers and smartphone photos from neighboring units.
Mostly for such concerns, Sarkozy is set to be housed in the solitary confinement unit, which is in a distinct block. In reality, conditions are much the same as in the protected unit: the past leader will be by himself in his unit and supervised by a prison officer every time he goes out.
“The goal is to avert any problems whatsoever, so we need to prevent him from meeting other prisoners,” a prison source stated. “The easiest and most efficient solution is to place Nicolas Sarkozy straight to isolation.”
Accommodation Details
Both isolation and VIP units are the same to those in other parts in the institution, roughly around eleven square meters, with window coverings created to restrict communication, a bed, a compact desk, a shower unit, WC, and landline telephone with pre-recorded numbers.
Sarkozy will be served standard meals but will also have the ability to the canteen, where he can buy food to cook for himself, as well as to a private outdoor space, a gym and the prison library. He can lease a cooling unit for 7.50 euros a per month and a television set for 14.15 euros.
Restricted Visits
Besides three authorized meetings a week, he will mostly be alone – an advantage in the facility, which notwithstanding its modernization is functioning at approximately double its designed capacity of 657 inmates. France’s jails are the third most overcrowded in the EU.
Items Brought
Sarkozy, who has repeatedly protested his innocence, has said he will be bringing with him a account of Jesus and a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, in which an wrongly accused individual is sentenced to jail but escapes to seek vengeance.
Sarkozy’s legal counsel, Jean-Michel Darrois, noted he was also packing noise blockers because the facility can be disruptive at nighttime, and multiple sweaters, because units can be cool. Sarkozy has stated he is not scared of being in prison and plans to utilize the time to compose a publication.
Uncertain Duration
The duration is unknown, nevertheless, for how long he will really be housed in the prison: his lawyers have submitted for his early release, and an judge on appeal will have to prove a potential of flight, repeat offenses or witness-tampering to validate his continued detention.
French jurists have suggested he might be released in less than a month.
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