US Edition‘Diary of a Prisoner’: Sarkozy Describes “Inhuman” Prison Experience in New Book
Sarkozy recounts 20 days in solitary confinement at La Santé prison and offers political advice to the Republicans party on courting far-right voters amid his ongoing appeal.
- Wednesday, Nicolas Sarkozy's memoir A Prisoner’s Diary hit shelves, recounting his 20 days behind bars at La Santé prison, which he depicts as a noisy, harsh 'all-grey' world of 'inhuman violence.'
- After recent convictions, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, faces multiple legal rulings including a last month conviction and an appeal scheduled 16 March to 3 June 2026.
- Inside La Santé prison, Nicolas Sarkozy describes declining plastic-tray meals and a soggy baguette, a 'cheap hotel'-like cell with an armored door, timed showers, one hour of gym, and two police officers assigned nearby.
- Sarkozy uses the memoir to claim `complete innocence` and vows to fight, while The Republicans party signals efforts to attract far-right voters without formal alliances.
- Published late 2025, the memoir by Nicolas Sarkozy arrives as Fayard aims for strong holiday sales while The Republicans party shifts strategy toward possibly aligning with the far-right National Rally.
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Launched in less than three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy's new book, “The Journal of a Prisoner”, offers colourful details about how it is for an former president to be in prison.
France's ex-President Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison, but is free to appeal. He uses this time to stage himself - and for a political taboo break. By J. Borutta.
This Wednesday has been published 'Prisoner's Diary', in which the former French president recounts the almost three weeks he spent in a Parisian prison after being convicted of unlawful association.French justice releases Sarkozy after 20 days in prison awaiting the appeal trial “The prison was for me a test that I tried to make the most of. It is often said that one learns at any age. It is true, because I learned a lot in [the prison of] La S…
For the signing session of "A Prisoner's Diary", the former head of state just out of prison moved the crowds and triggered disturbances in his fief of the 16th.
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lejsl.comHosted by hundreds of people to dedicate his last book, this Wednesday, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the former president offered himself a crowd bath among his faithful.
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