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Bookmark or Share- What are Swiss Prisons Like? (Viral Video)Switzerland is known for its progressive incarceration approach, emphasizing rehabilitation and reintegration. The layout of Swiss prisons provides inmates with a safe and comfortable environment while helping them prepare for life after release.
- List of prisons in Switzerland - WikipediaSwiss prisons have a capacity of up to 6,736 detainees total (amounting to 89 detention places per 100,000 inhabitants), [2] including up to 477 women and 105 minors. The detainees are housed in 4,531 single cells, 1,044 cells for multiple persons, 172 security cells, 200 disciplinary cells and 50 infirmary cells.
- Life imprisonment in Switzerland - WikipediaLife imprisonment in Switzerland is the most severe penalty under Swiss penal law. It may be imposed for murder, genocide, qualified hostage-taking and the act of arranging a war against Switzerland with foreign powers. [1]
- Do Swiss prisons make criminals better people? - NZZThere are currently 6,300 prisoners in Swiss prisons. Almost all of them, 99%, will eventually be released. The prison system is supposed to put these 99% back on the right track. But can men...
- The Swiss correctional system: the complex challenge of harmonisation ...In Switzerland, a prison sentence speaks for itself and we don’t have the idea of punishment inside our prisons. And then we have the principle of equivalence which means that the conditions in prison – especially regarding medical treatment but also other services – should be similar or equivalent to those provided in the community.
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