Prisons for vandals and hooligans
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

In Switzerland, host nation with Austria for Euro 2008, the offenders are mostly foreigners. According to a study conducted two years ago by the University of Bern, between 80 and 90% of inmates who populate its 122 prisons are from other countries.
Accustomed to quiet days and nights, the Swiss, farsighted people, preparing for a frenetic months. Most fans who attend the tournament are peaceful, but the Swiss authorities are afraid of the hooligans that come with certain selections and the criminals who take advantage of any tumultuous event to make their own.

That is why we have decided to enable two buildings as temporary jails. The first is the prison from Schaellenmaetteli old, in Basel, the third largest city in the country. Members of the army are carrying out refurbishment works necessary to open during the tournament, and detained her in a violent fans who cause serious disturbances and are arrested.

In a gymnasium Ittigen, a city in the canton of Bern, Swiss federal capital, have installed some barracks as a temporary jail, in this case to designed preferably common criminals who are arrested in the streets and in the vicinity of stadiums.
According to the Federal Bureau of Statistics, in 2005, the prison population in Switzerland for the first time exceeded the limit of 6,000 inmates for a total of 6540 seats available then. The prison system has Swiss schemes ranging from custody until the high-security, through open and half.
Last Updated (Wednesday, May 28, 2008)