Even the most seasoned guards at Paris’ La Santé prison thought they had seen it all, until this week. The imprisonment of former president Nicolas Sarkozy (70) on Tuesday was accompanied by a protocol that France has never seen before. Two police officers watch over him day and night from the cell right next to his. This is not a privilege, the government emphasizes, but a pure necessity.
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Ex-president Sarkozy is behind bars, with neighbors in uniform: never seen before
Bytaketonews
Oct 22, 2025