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In prison, Sarkozy protected by two armed police officers, "security madness" denounces a union

Auteur: AFP

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En prison, Sarkozy protégé par deux policiers armés, "folie sécuritaire" dénonce un syndicat

Two police officers surrounding Nicolas Sarkozy: the former president, imprisoned since Tuesday in La Santé prison, is accompanied by two security officers "given his status and the threats he faces," a "senseless arrangement, a security madness," denounces a prison guards' union.

The former head of state normally benefits from "a protective system in view of his status and the threats weighing on him" and these measures have "been maintained in detention", Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez indicated on CNews/Europe 1 on Wednesday.

Two security officers have been placed in a cell next to Nicolas Sarkozy's in the solitary confinement section of the Paris prison. They are armed but not equipped with cell phones, according to a source close to the case.

This system, which falls under the Ministry of the Interior, was established "in conjunction with the Minister of Justice" and "will be maintained as long as the need is deemed useful," according to Beauvau, who specifies that "this unprecedented situation requires taking appropriate security measures, adapted to the specific nature of the individual and the context."

While he is "a citizen like any other," "somewhat more serious threats" weigh on "former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy." "The decision was made and therefore it was implemented immediately," Laurent Nuñez said.

This announcement provoked the ire of the prison guards' union Ufap-Unsa Justice, which denounced, in a press release, "a senseless measure, a security madness".

"Bringing weapons into a detention center, even under the pretext of protection, is crossing a red line," wrote Alexandre Caby, the union's general secretary, in a particularly angry statement.

"By placing police officers at the heart of detention, the State is clearly saying: prison staff would not be capable of ensuring the safety of a single inmate, even if he or she is a former President," he said, speaking of a "betrayal of the public prison service" and a "monumental slap in the face."

For the Minister of the Interior, "it is a decision aimed at ensuring his safety", "in addition, obviously, to everything implemented by the prison administration".

UFAP-UNSA Justice is demanding in particular "an end to the armed presence in detention" and "a public apology".

- "Justiciable like any other" -

Nicolas Sarkozy, 70, was sentenced on September 25 for conspiracy to commit crimes in the Libyan trial to five years in prison, an unprecedented length of imprisonment in the history of the Republic. He has appealed the decision.

Greeted by cheers from his supporters when he left his home in western Paris around 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the former president arrived at La Santé hospital around twenty minutes later.

Three out of four French people believe that he is "a defendant like any other, who should not be treated differently from other convicted persons," according to an RTL-Toluna Harris Interactive poll published Wednesday.

A figure that falls to 52% among Republican supporters, the poll adds.

Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to remain in prison for "a minimum of three weeks or a month," his lawyer Christophe Ingrain said Tuesday. The Paris Court of Appeal has two months to rule on the request for release filed following his detention.

Received by President Emmanuel Macron last Friday at the Elysée Palace, the former head of state could also receive a visit in prison from the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin.

These visits were disapproved of by "a majority of French people," as was the support rally held Tuesday morning in front of his home, according to the RTL-Toluna Harris Interactive poll.

According to the survey conducted online on Tuesday among a sample of 1,025 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, 53% of them disapprove of this gathering, and 57% of the announced visit by Gérald Darmanin.

The Minister of Justice had declared on Monday that he would go "to see Nicolas Sarkozy in prison", assuring that as Minister of Justice he could "go to see any prison and any inmate".

This project was criticized by France's highest prosecutor, the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, Rémi Heitz, who saw it as a risk of "undermining the independence of magistrates."

Auteur: AFP
Publié le: Mercredi 22 Octobre 2025

Commentaires (3)

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    sc il y a 15 heures

    Voilà l'intérêt d'avoir ces potos à la tête du pays! Tj des privilèges! Avec MAcron c'est l'accélération de la décadence de la france dans tous les domaines

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    Africain Authentique il y a 14 heures

    Cette soit disante incarcération n est que bluff et poudre aux yeux.
    Ce type est à l origine de l insécurité et des dizaines de milliers de morts au Sahel.
    Il a détruit la Lybie,fait volatiliser les armes de Kadafi au profit des Groupes Armés Terroristes que la DGSE utilise pour déstabiliser les régimes politiques qui ont décidé de ne plus se faire manipulés par Paris.
    Cette crapule colonialiste cynique et abjecte saura que ,désormais,"l africains va entrer dans l' histoire".

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    A Africain authentique il y a 5 heures

    A l origine, rien que ca? Sarkozy a detruit la Libye ? N importe quoi. C est plutot un malfaiteur corrompu qui a sa place en prison oui mais ne donne pas trop d importance à ce type. Sarkozy et la Libye c est plutot un fantasme que certains ont et qui n a jamais existé. Il s est contenté de participer a la no fly zone d Obama comme les autres pays européens et arabes. Et au sol c était les insurgés, les kadhafistes et Wagner qui combattaient et personne d'autre.

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