Life inside: testing a new Swiss prison

What are Swiss prisons really like on the inside? SWI swissinfo.ch tests the new Zurich West prison.

Over 800 people volunteered to be locked up in a Zurich prison last month to test the new facility. SWI swissinfo.ch reporter May Elmahdi-Lichtsteiner was one of the lucky inmates selected for the trial. The Zurich cantonal authorities recently came up with the unusual idea to give the detention fac... More info