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(8 months ago)The 23rd-year-old president of the French Republic enjoys prison privileges that other prisoners do not enjoy. According to RTL Info, the greatest privilege of imprisoned Sarkozy is that he can receive four visits a week from members of his family in prison, while relevant legislation allows prisoners [...]
According to RTL Info, the biggest privilege of imprisoned Sarkozy is that he could receive four visits a week from members of his family in prison, while relevant legislation allows prisoners to receive visits from relatives only three times a week.
Also, the hours of visiting former Élysée Palace residential visits by his relatives last well over 45 minutes defined by the relevant legislation.
French media report that Sarkozy's preferential treatment is due to his status as former president of the French Fifth Republic, because of which he also enjoys the protection of two armed police officers, who switch every 12 hours, to ensure the security of the former president.
Sarkozy is in solitary confinement for security reasons and has no contact with other prisoners, but eats the same food as other prisoners, according to what his lawyers said last week. What concerns Sarkozy inside the prison is his security, as on the second day of his detention, a video posted in social media shows the former president receiving verbal threats with his arrival in prison. Out of the fifteen cells in isolation, four are divided for Sarkozy. One in which he is being held, one for police officers responsible for his security, while two nearby cells remain empty.
Last week, Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni, visited him four times without regular visiting hours, each time accompanied by a prison administration member. According to information from the Journal du Dimanche (JDD), two deputies from the Non-Designed France party, Danielle Obono and Hugo Bernalis, went to La Santé Prison on Monday afternoon to visit Sarkozy. However, their request was rejected, as the law allows MPs to visit prisons but not prisoners.
Sarkozy's lawyers, Christophe Angrand and Jean-Michel Darois, visit him every day in prison and have already filed a bail request, which is expected to be considered within next month.
According to his lawyers, the former Elysee resident will likely be released by Christmas.
