🔗 Share this article Nicolas Sarkozy Preparing to Release Jail Diary Chronicling Three Weeks In Custody The ex-president of France will soon publish a book next month named Diary of a Prisoner, which recounts his experience spent in custody. The revelation emerged just 11 days following the former president left prison as he appeals his conviction on charges of unlawful coordination connected to efforts to acquire election campaign funds from the leadership of the late Libyan dictator. Prison Experience: Inner Thoughts “Behind bars one sees little, and nothing to do,” he reflects in a preview, indicating the account centers around his thoughts while in seclusion rather than wider commentary of the overcrowded and struggling jail system in France. “Silence escapes me, which doesn’t exist in that facility, where there is a lot to hear,” he states. “The noise unfortunately never stops. Yet, similar to barren lands, inner life grows stronger while incarcerated.” Release Hearing: Recounting the Hardship At his release request hearing, the former leader participated by video link from a room in prison, depicting prison life as draining. He had told the court: “I must acknowledge the correctional officers, who are exceptionally humane, and who have made this ordeal manageable – as it truly is one.” “I never imagined that at 70 years of age, I would end up incarcerated. It’s a trial I must endure. I confess it’s hard, it’s very hard. It has an impact every inmate as it’s exhausting.” Unprecedented Situation Sarkozy, the ex-head of state from 2007 to 2012, became the inaugural former head of an EU country and the first postwar leader in the French Republic to be incarcerated. Prior to imprisonment he mentioned he intended to spend the period to write a book. Reading Material Unconfirmed is did he manage to read and critique the volumes he took into prison: a biography of Jesus in two parts and Alexandre Dumas’s novel the famous story, in which a blameless person is imprisoned but escapes to exact retribution. Daily Reality The former leader was placed in solitary confinement for his own security in a room roughly 100 square feet featuring a personal bathroom at La Santé prison in the city. Security personnel stayed in an adjacent room. Sources mentioned that he had eaten just yogurt while inside due to concerns meals provided could have been tampered with. He had facilities to cook for himself yet he declined, according to reports. It is uncertain if he will detail what he ate in prison. Legal Perspective His attorney, who visited his client each day while he was in prison, stated during proceedings security would be better released rather than in custody. “There were threats against his life, listened to yells during nighttime plus rapid actions next door when a prisoner self-harmed.” Charges and Sentence Sarkozy went to prison on 21 October when a Paris court imposed a five-year sentence on conspiracy charges related to a plan to secure election financing for his 2007 presidential race. He maintains his innocence and is contesting the ruling, with a new trial planned for early next year.