"The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi."
"He is expected to be held in solitary confinement for his own security, in an individual cell of about 9 metres squared. He will have no mobile phone, but will have a small television. A security-controlled phoneline will allow him contact with his lawyers and family. He is expected to have the right to two visits a week from family."
"Sarkozy, 70, told Le Figaro that he had packed family photos and three books, as permitted for the first week. I'm bringing The Count of Monte Cristo and two volumes of the biography of Jesus by Jean-Christian Petitfils, he said."
"My life is a novel and this ordeal is now part of it, Sarkozy told Le Figaro. He said: They wanted to make me disappear but this will make me be reborn."
Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy related to efforts to obtain election campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi's regime. He must present himself at La Sante prison early on Tuesday and will likely be held in solitary confinement for security. He is 70 and will be the first former EU head and first French postwar leader to serve time. Prison rules will deny him a mobile phone but allow a small television, a security-controlled phoneline for lawyers and family, limited visits, one hour outside his cell daily, and permitted personal items for the first week.
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