the 106-day sass Pierin Vincenz in custody. Last June, he came free. “What I experienced in the last few weeks, I wish on anyone”, said the Ex-Raiffeisen-chief after his dismissal in writing. What happened to him in prison, he is silent in Public until today.
spent Where, exactly, Vincenz his detention, was never officially announced. Research now show: The former Bank chief was housed in the prison Limmattal in Dietikon – and not in a prison in the city of Zurich, as some media wrote. “Hard cot, a toilet without a lid, no contact with the outside world,” was read. 23 hours per day Vincenz lying on his bunk and staring at the ceiling.
recovery on the roof: table football in the prison Limmattal. Image: Dominique Meienberg
This may, for some prisoners in one of the oldest and largest remand prison of the Canton, which is only a few minutes ‘ walk from the Zurich main station, apply. The Banker was sitting, however, in the newest and most modern detention facility in the Canton. “In Dietikon, the conditions of detention are designed to be as comfortable as you in a prison stay can be possible,” says a former employee of the prison. Nevertheless, the experience could be for someone like Pierin Vincenz, who has spent his whole life in freedom, a shock. The judicial authorities had been aware of how delicate was not the case, says the Insider. Vincenz was allowed to leave for several hours per day in his cell and in a guarded room group can work.
Vincenz speaker not want to comment on the request. And by the office for judicial enforcement, there is the media, “for reasons of privacy and data protection, no information on individuals.” A spokeswoman tells: “of Course, all of the prisoners on remand are treated in the same way.”
An institution that has repeatedly been in the headlines
The Canton of Zurich five remand prisons. In which a Person is housed, is at the discretion of the authorities. “The primary objective of the investigation, the securing of criminal proceedings”, it says. Further, the office for the prison service writes that “according to the Haftart, length of stay, individual skills and their own Initiative a use in the work operation is possible”. The prison Limmattal done orders for external third-party companies, such as the Processing of articles in the series, or the packaging of Mailings, including shipping. “Yes, it is possible that an inmate may leave his cell daily for a minimum of five hours to the pursuit of an activity and in the framework of the group’s operation at certain times,” according to the spokeswoman of the office for judicial enforcement.
Pierin Vincenz was not the first celebrity inmate in the prison Limmattal. Even Switzerland, widely known as the “Carlos” was once housed in Dietikon. And in 2016, who escaped from the sex offender Hassan Kiko met by using a supervisor from the institution. The couple was arrested a few weeks later in Italy.
The prison Limmattal also provided for headlines, because some of the cells are close to the street. This allows detainees to communicate with persons outside the institution.
(Sunday newspaper)
Created: 26.01.2019, 19:26 PM