La Santé Prison: Serving Time in the Heart of Paris
Our very first Geographics video was about a Russian prison, Pyatak, made famous by its remote location and by the regime of isolation to which its inmates are sentenced. In today’s Geographics, we will explore another prison, which in a way is the radical opposite of Pyatak. This correctional facility is located in one of the most densely populated districts of a great European capital. Its residents are unlikely to complain about being left alone … if anything, overpopulation is more of a problem. So, welcome, or should I say Bienvenues to La Santé Prison in Paris, France. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: A quick history of La Santé: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2844551/Inside-notorious-prison-home-Carlos-Jackal.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/la-sante-prison-paris-visitors-welcome Architect Vaudremer and the Panopticon: https://criminocorpus.org/fr/bibliotheque/doc/2334/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/vaudremer-joseph-auguste-emile https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/who-was-jeremy-bentham/panopticon Apollinaire: http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/when-pablo-picasso-and-guillaume-apollinaire-were-accused-of-stealing-the-mona-lisa-1911.html https://guillaume-apollinaire.fr/ Mesrine: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jacques-mesrine-le-grand-gangster-1766392.html Carlos: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlos-the-Jackal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/07/la-sante-prison-paris-visitors-welcome Ben Bellah: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/11/ahmed-ben-bella https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/ahmed-ben-bella-i-spent-24-and-half-years-prison http://www.archipress.org/?page_id=658 Jean Genet: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Genet https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571250387-miracle-of-the-rose.html Michel Vaujour: https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Michel-Vaujour-son-evasion-de-la-prison-de-la-Sante-en-photos-1576847 The 2000 medical report https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/28/world/expose-of-brutal-prison-jolts-france-s-self-image.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/france-la-sante-prison-paris-renovation The New Santé https://www.tellerreport.com/news/--renovated-health-prison-reopens-in-paris-after-four-years-of-work-.SyN4FdgM4.html Islamist radicals at La Santé https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/la-prison-de-la-sante-accueille-ses-premiers-detenus-radicalises_2089483.html Neighbourhood complaints: https://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2567331-20190719-paris-bordel-heures-fixe-riverains-prison-sante-exasperes
