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What can Sarkozy expect in La Santé prison and what has he taken with him?

21/10/2025 11:14 The Guardian

Former French president will reportedly be held in isolation and has a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo for companyEurope live – latest updatesPerhaps France’s most fabled jail, La Santé – where the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year term for criminal conspiracy to raise campaign funds from Libya – is the last remaining prison inside the Paris city limits.Located in the southern Montparnasse district of the capital, it opened in 1867 and was the scene of at least 40 executions, the last in 1972. Partially closed for renovation in 2014, the prison reopened five years later and houses more than 1,100 inmates. Continue reading...

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