To build a "prison break and redemption" impression Geneva jail play within the play

A "The Shawshank Redemption", and a "prison break", we all dream of foreign prisons: build basically damp aisle, closed room, heavy door, chubby guards wielding batons and lord it over others...... However, when I visited inSwitzerlandThe Geneva suburb of Sadolo prison (Prison De Champ Dollon), the impression is solidly subversion. See a building health level, must see the toilet, and depends on a country's level of human rights, to watch its prison. Shallow, with civilization and humanity management level, dare to open to visitors, and protect the human rights of prisoners to the outside, let me in the sand dolong prison found Birineiwa lake, the Alps more worthy of Swiss reason.

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Geneva starting from the old train station Krner Van, take the F line to Petit-Bel station, transfer to line 31 bus to Champ Dollon station, then walk for 10 minutes, to the Sadolo prison, the prison in 1977 from the site is located in the old city moved to the outskirts of Geneva adjacent toFranceSuburb.

The prison is outside the sign reads: the Federal Ministry of justice and the police of sand dolong prison. The door is simple low-key. Verification of documents, leaving the camera, mobile phone, all may record the jail landscape electronic items, I smoothly into the first gate. 10 meters away is the second door, which is very common in Hollywood prison type sheet iron, staff start button, the door opened slowly, do not need any inspection, we're coming in succession. The third door is electronic security, more stringent than the airport, with fellow travelers who carry metal objects, was stopped in the electronic door, repeated several times to be allowed to pass through. After the security check into the prison guard office administration building, hall, coffee table, sofa automatic drinking machine, like a simple coffee. Hallways and two beautiful display cabinets, display associated with the prison history collection, living off a museum.

In the conference room, I met with governor Danies Scheiwill mr.. He was the International Committee of the Red Cross staff, worked as a volunteer in the prison, two years ago in the job, become the assistant chief prison of the prison, the warden was appointed. Here, warden is generated from the open recruitment, this is the first impact the whole visit process many beyond my experience. According to Danies, in Switzerland, the district has its own laws and regulations, the legislative and judicial power in the framework of federal law. Sadolo prison in the Geneva region public affairs management, in accordance with the Geneva district local laws to exercise their mission. Switzerland has no labor, no detention, whether it is held prisoner awaiting trial or convicted, any restriction of personal freedom, are known as the prison, while in our country it is to separate detention and prison. Switzerland has about 120 prison, can accommodate 6741 inmates, in 2006 had burst out of prison full news.

So it is with Sadolo prison, 1977 from moving out of the city, according to the 270 prisoners of the "system" design, the 1980 detainees still stable in about 150 people, but by 1984 it had first full, fell in 1996 to 200 in 2006, reaching a peak in October 500, the prisons are full members of the human rights problem often suffers from Switzerland camp prison Commission criticism. Prison overcrowding and why? First of all, Geneva as the seat of the European headquarters of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international organizations, gathered around the world tourists, plus open labor market, the influx of a large number from the Mediterranean, North Africa and other places of migrant workers, Geneva become a super country and international city, which has brought prosperity but also an increase in crime. Danies shows the prison prisoner personnel statistics, foreign prisoners in 80% without court trial of the suspect (including awaiting extradition of prisoners), 20% is adjudged, waiting for the transfer of prisoners. In 2007 the prison that held 3010 people, they are from 108 countries, including Switzerland 320 people, accounted for 10.6%; from Eastern Europe to have 562 people, accounting for 16.7%; 566 people, from North Africa accounted for 18.8%; from other areas of Africa, 569 people, accounting for 18.9%; and from the Middle East and Asia, including 2 from america. Constitute such prisoner's nationality, probably only may appear in Geneva.

Secondly, in the current foreign prisoners in the prison, 62.7% people are unable to find a family and contact address, 2007 3010 person-time prisoner, accounted for 1886 of the people in Switzerland have no address. Danies, every one of the suspects, the police can control 24 hours, 24 hours later, or puts a person, or it must be sent to the prison. Sediment dolong prison criminal suspects, 11.5% people detained a day release, 33.1% of the people in custody for 8 days free, the rest of the continuing detention. "The police have the suspect arrived, we cannot reject, go through the courts, has condemned, because there is no place to receive, we send not to walk. So, this would have only 270 prisoners a prison, now held more than 440 people, nearly doubled." One of the main responsibilities of prison is to help prisoners better adapt to society, rather than let these cannot survive in prison after no foreigners were given address and contact way. So more and more people homeless, sand dolong prison can not away. In fact, in order to alleviate the prison inmates who are anxious, the district government has in the first half of 2008 built two small prison in the sand around the 'prison, all 98 prisoners, all 67 prisoners, but, soon to be filled.

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The prison layout is undoubtedly the most makes me curious. Led by Danies, we visited the North Building of ordinary cell, brig, was a penalty for criminal activity space, and workshops, the lawyer the reception room. A cell looks like hotel rooms and simple one, put a double bed, the bed is a small multi-storey bookcase and lockers; opposite the bed hung a television; the windows wide bright, half of the room facing France, can see the field scenery; there is a writing desk near the window next, the small refrigerator storage of food and beverage; prison room is also provided with a private bathroom. Most can reflect the sand dolong prison humanization and carefully place is near the bed wall central "propaganda window", here for posting photographs of loved ones.

The prison gates

Sadolo prison is no iron railing whole Swiss only a window of prison cell. This looks like an adventure, according to Danies, the prison in the old town happened prisoners Dutch act and escape, but the cell still retained the "unsafe" design, and has allowed the prisoner preservation belt, razor. "If only considering the safety, we can put the house built more closed, do not provide any living facilities, but it could put every prisoner's transformation into a lunatic asylum." Danies thinks, is more important than security, is to let the detainees have a normal life, "this adventure is worth!"