tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post581770891905166929..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Last Cigarette at the Prison de la SantéAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-53158327764415236082017-09-26T20:19:25.383+02:002017-09-26T20:19:25.383+02:00any lucky researchers found Manuel Noriega's F...any lucky researchers found Manuel Noriega's French prisoner number in La Santé ? 38699-079 and; inmate no. 41586 variously attributed to 'Pineapple Face' in the States of the free . novel research per forthcoming novel, squid into quid . merci beaucoup .Malachi Antalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374711220098059371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-27959570846084644402010-08-22T20:35:50.163+02:002010-08-22T20:35:50.163+02:00Que triste fuè perder a alguien en esta carcel por...Que triste fuè perder a alguien en esta carcel por una tonterìatenìa èl 22 yo 24.Fuè el mejor verano del mundo,el amor más bonito. Todo aquel paraìso, se convirtio en pesadilla dentro de este lugar .yo le perdì,cuando saliò despues de 2 meses .ya no era el mismo que yo conocì,me volvì a España y no pude olvidar,cada vez que viajo a Parìs esa prision por desgracia esta en mi agenda de bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-22207552178260633092009-12-07T23:47:48.817+01:002009-12-07T23:47:48.817+01:00Gina: I remembered your picture and I thought of y...Gina: I remembered your picture and I thought of you!<br /><br />Peter: A converted prison called The Liberty! It looks pretty amazing, and you can even eat in a restaurant called 'Clink'! Actually, <a href="http://www.libertyhotel.com/food_and_drink/index.html" rel="nofollow">you can eat inside the cells</a>!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-15056778862292740132009-12-07T23:36:13.265+01:002009-12-07T23:36:13.265+01:00Growing up in Boston, I used to sail at a club cal...Growing up in Boston, I used to sail at a club called Community Boating on the Charles River. The subway station closest to the club, Charles St. was in the shadow of the great, gray granite walls of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Street_Jail_%28Boston,_MA%29_-_aerial_view.jpg" rel="nofollow">Charles St. jail</a>. The burger stand at the base of the wall always seemed to Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-19346921626498573702009-12-07T22:24:52.940+01:002009-12-07T22:24:52.940+01:00I was hoping you would get around to doing a post ...I was hoping you would get around to doing a post on this "atmospheric" prison!<br />I painted the vespasienne a while ago, posted on my painting blog www.ginaverster.blogspot.comGina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-74347165620331944922009-12-07T22:22:57.786+01:002009-12-07T22:22:57.786+01:00Elizabeth: You are innocent until proven guilty in...Elizabeth: You are innocent until proven guilty in France not the way around.<br /><br />Justine: It is probably to protect the arrested one, especially if he is underage he has right to stay anonymous.<br />The policemen were actually protecting the arrested one.<br /><br />There is definitely a problem with prison in france. Yet I think that european standard are higher than in the US. No Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-33986082520481939372009-12-07T14:38:13.447+01:002009-12-07T14:38:13.447+01:00Justine: Yes, you are not allowed to take photos o...Justine: Yes, you are not allowed to take photos of the Police, especially when they are arresting someone!<br /><br />Peter: Thanks for your interesting contribution. Yes, being taken out of society and placed behind a locked door is the same everywhere in the world. What interested me here was how this institution is placed right in the centre of the city, so that the prisoners are at once Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-14616722755368533102009-12-07T00:32:10.704+01:002009-12-07T00:32:10.704+01:00Comparing prisons seems, some how, impossible. The...Comparing prisons seems, some how, impossible. There are only prisons. I do volunteer work inside <a href="http://www.lasd.org/divisions/custody/mcj/about.html" rel="nofollow">the largest jail in the world</a>, where, in spite of the good intentions of most of the sheriffs (who serve as guards), I could not imagine surviving as an inmate. In a state with the death penalty, it can seem as if the Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-65912391432305895312009-12-06T04:13:22.878+01:002009-12-06T04:13:22.878+01:00Gorgeous. That pack of cigarettes is going to stay...Gorgeous. That pack of cigarettes is going to stay with me for quite a long time.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-86478131992903331862009-12-04T20:16:32.450+01:002009-12-04T20:16:32.450+01:00Great post! I've always found the Santé prison...Great post! I've always found the Santé prison interesting for some reason. The last time I was in Paris I walked a variation of your route and noticed the plaque on one corner of the wall dedicated to the French who were executed there during World War II, which I found to be quite interesting. I'm also quite interested in the Sainte-Anne hospital, as I stay quite near there on one of myJustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970445657741071852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-74724067500991719212009-12-03T09:57:38.745+01:002009-12-03T09:57:38.745+01:00Elizabeth - the French legal system terrifies me t...Elizabeth - the French legal system terrifies me too! I guess you always feel slightly more in danger in another country, as you may be breaking obscure laws that you didn't even know existed. Afterwards, if you become caught up in that legal system, would you then feel defenceless against the tiny subtleties of language during any subsequent interrogation or trial?<br /><br />Secondly, beingAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-79651211705206862862009-12-03T09:50:28.476+01:002009-12-03T09:50:28.476+01:00Ken Mac, E: Thanks. It was actually quite difficul...Ken Mac, E: Thanks. It was actually quite difficult to take pictures of this building, firstly because I could feel security cameras twisting round towards me, and could imagine someone inside taking note of this suspicious character outside! Secondly, it's quite tricky to find good angles, as there is little space between the high walls and the apartment blocks that surround them. <br /><br Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-77456388259076353242009-12-03T08:20:58.618+01:002009-12-03T08:20:58.618+01:00thanks Adam - I always learn something. "Guil...thanks Adam - I always learn something. "Guilty until proven innocent" shocked me when I first arrived in France...a foreign legal system is one of the hardest things to accept when you move to another culture...suddenly you are living under laws that seem counterintuitive...Elizabethhttp://elizabethbard.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-22457155462465845922009-12-02T23:05:13.531+01:002009-12-02T23:05:13.531+01:00I too find your wall shot stark and stunning...
H...I too find your wall shot stark and stunning...<br /><br />How many reside in that prison?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-91198834428877573902009-12-02T17:01:13.560+01:002009-12-02T17:01:13.560+01:00that wall perspective shot knocks me outthat wall perspective shot knocks me outKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-74568712939902683942009-12-02T16:10:23.436+01:002009-12-02T16:10:23.436+01:00Je me souviens très bien du matin de l'exécuti...Je me souviens très bien du matin de l'exécution de Bontems et Buffet en 1972. Bontems était simplement reconnu complice d’assassinat. Ce fut la dernière exécution à la Santé. Je me souviens où j’étais lorsque je les ai apprises, comme pour la chute du concorde, l’assassinat de Kennedy ou les premiers pas de l’homme sur la lune.<br />Au bagne en Guyane il y avait deux guillotines, l’une à St Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-86395020014563806542009-12-02T13:41:38.773+01:002009-12-02T13:41:38.773+01:00Designslinger: The death penalty was abolished in ...Designslinger: The death penalty was abolished in 1981 when François Mitterand became President, but the last execution was in 1977, and it was a rarely used form of punishment.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-34105788492307385742009-12-02T12:33:12.267+01:002009-12-02T12:33:12.267+01:00I was surprised to read that the guillotine was st...I was surprised to read that the guillotine was still in use up unitl 1972. Does France still have the death penalty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-21806767767373205372009-12-02T12:06:19.186+01:002009-12-02T12:06:19.186+01:00The name of “Santé” (health) is a bit surprising, ...The name of “Santé” (health) is a bit surprising, but as you may know it comes from the name of the street leading to the Sainte-Anne hospital. Yes, it’s certainly not the best place to take care of your “santé”!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-81028386114959932572009-12-01T23:58:28.861+01:002009-12-01T23:58:28.861+01:00Truly depressing.Truly depressing.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.com