""Grey dominated everything, devoured everything, covered every surface," he wrote in one passage. "I would have given anything to be able to look out the window, to enjoy watching the cars go by." During his first night, he knelt in prayer after watching a football match. "It came naturally," he wrote. "I stayed like that for several minutes. I prayed for the strength to bear the cross of this injustice.""
"Sarkozy, 70, in October became the first president in the history of modern France to go to jail after his conviction for allowing aides to seek to collect money for his 2007 presidential election campaign from Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. He was handed a five-year sentence but was released with restrictions after serving 20 days, following an appeals court ruling that there was no flight risk."
"His diet was made up of "dairy products, cereal bars, mineral water, apple juice, and a few sweet treats." In an interview with Le Figaro, he said that he wrote most of the book while behind bars, writing "with a ballpoint pen on a small plywood table every day" and finished the book after his release on November 10."
Nicolas Sarkozy, aged 70, spent three weeks at La Sante prison under heavy security after conviction for allowing aides to solicit funds from Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. He received a five-year sentence, served 20 days and was released with restrictions after an appeals court judged there was no flight risk. Prison life was characterized by pervasive greyness, near-total confinement with two security officers and 23 hours a day in his cell, simple meals of dairy, cereal bars and drinks, moments of prayer after watching a football match, daily reflection, and continued political influence on the right.
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