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Swiss prisons approach their limits in 2010

This content was published on Jan 11, 2011 This is the highest figure since 2005 (6,137), with prisons in the western part of the country now at saturation point. The Federal Statistics Office said the occupancy rate had on average reached 92.5 per cent. In western Switzerland, the rate was 105 per cent, with the situation deteriorating. It noted that the number of…