Hundreds volunteered to be "probationers" in a new prison in Switzerland

Zurich is about to open as an innovative prison and as part of an experimental pilot, over 600 people volunteered to spend three days in jail and imitate prisoners.

They will eat the food of the prison, be isolated from the outside environment and even undergo a physical search

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23/02/2022

Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 00:04 Updated: 00:09

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Over 600 people have volunteered to become inmates at a new prison about to open in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city.

The innovative prison, which will be close to the main train station and can accommodate up to 124 prisoners, will be occupied by "test residents" from March 24 to 27.

What does this actually mean?

These people will have only limited access to the world where in the open they will only be allowed to take short walks in the yard and eat the prison food during the period - just like "Big Brother", only instead of living in a fancy house - they will live in a prison cell.

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Would you volunteer to be here for three days? (Photo: AP, Gaetan Bally, Keystone)

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Prison cell in Zurich (Photo: AP, Gaetan Bally, Keystone)

But that's not all, the probationers will have to undergo both simplifications and physical examinations, just as the inmates will undergo - with no discounts.

The New York Post reported that volunteers will not be able to bring in cell phones or other electronic devices and any participant will need to pass a security clearance and will have to undergo checks similar to airport checks.

If it is too difficult for them - each volunteer will also receive a "word of confidence" that he can tell the staff to rescue him from there immediately if he regrets or starts to break down because of the conditions.

Surprisingly for this project many more people volunteered than the prison could accommodate.

Prison in Zurich (Photo: AP, Gaetan Bally, Keystone)

The trial, which is set to take place next month, is designed to allow guards to test the prison's capabilities, services and operations, as well as to test their cooperation and communication with other authorities, such as the police and prosecutors.

They also hope the exercise will help them understand what they see as "misconceptions about how guards, guards and other workers operate in such facilities."

Mark Ayrman, one of the directors of the prison, warned the volunteers not to expect to arrive at a "holiday village".

He added that this experiment was designed to ensure the proper functioning of the prison on a daily basis.

The idea of ​​running a prison pilot has been praised by prisoners as well as volunteers, who will feel once (at least) in life what it is like to live in prison conditions.

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