Champ-Dollon
Champ-Dollon in the commune of Puplinge is a prison in the canton of Geneva .
The institution was opened in 1977. It has single and multiple cells for 244 men and 26 women and is primarily used to accommodate prisoners on remand . Since 1986 the number of prisoners has increased relatively continuously; In 2013 the institution was occupied by an average of 809 prisoners.
Champ-Dollon became famous through the outbreak of Licio Gelli on August 19, 1983.
literature
- Christophe Vuilleumier: La prison de Champ-Dollon (1977-2007): 30 ans d´histoire. Geneva 2007.
- Walter Zurbuchen: Prisons de Genève. Geneva 1977.
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Rapport d'activités 2013, PDF ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ How Licio Gelli fooled Switzerland NZZ, December 16, 2015 (accessed on May 28, 2019)
Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '54.4 " N , 6 ° 13' 27.1" E ; CH1903: five hundred and six thousand two hundred eighty-six / 118911