18 minutes agoFormer French President Sarcozy to begin detention on 21 November
Periskopi(8 months ago)
(8 months ago)In prison “La Santé” in Paris, former French president Nicholas Sarcozy, will appear to serve his sentence on November 21st after the Paris Court sentenced him last month to 5 years in prison for criminal co-operation with former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. His case is the first in the history of the European Union that a former chairman [...]
His case is the first in the European Union's history that a former head of state ends up behind bars for corruption.
Sarcozy will be locked in a cell in the area of important prisoners. Although one of France's oldest prisons, 1867, “La Santé” underwent complete reconstruction in 2019.
Currently, so - called VIP cells have such a view: a space of some 30 square feet [10 sq m], the common cells, but where VIP characters do not share the cell with others. They have kitchens, televisions, beds, toilets, and a special phone line for certain numbers. You look more like a luxury hotel than a cell.
People like Carlos Chakall, Venezuelan Marxist-Leninist convicted of 3 life sentences for dozens of murders and terrorism, or Manuel Noriega, the notorious former Panama dictator./Periscopi/
