In Marseille
The surrounding wall of the prison of Baumettes, in Marseille, is decorated, on the street side, with bas-reliefs.
They symbolize some of the vices that lead human beings to the dungeon: greed, anger, laziness, of course.
But also, who would have thought, gluttony.
However, a restaurant has just opened its doors to the general public on the other side of the wall.
A real restaurant, without bars on the windows, with real crockery, real cutlery and real customers.
In the kitchen and in the dining room, supervised by professionals, prisoners sentenced to a short sentence or about to complete their stay in the cell.
The name of the establishment?
Fine dishes.
The security conditions upset the usual ritual.
Here, you are not asked if you have food allergies, but your criminal record is checked when booking on the website, which justifies a waiting period before receiving confirmation – minors are not…
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