Switzerland mulls to export prisoners to France, Germany

January 03, 2015 05:25 pm | Updated 05:25 pm IST - BERLIN

Little Switzerland has too many criminals and too few prisons.

Now the Justice Ministry is reportedly considering a proposal to export convicts to neighbouring France and Germany.

Swiss prisons chief Thomas Freytag told SRF that the country’s correctional facilities are at more than 100 per cent capacity.

Prisons in western Switzerland are said to be particularly overcrowded.

It’s unclear when the Justice Ministry would decide on the plan, and whether France or Germany would be prepared to let Swiss inmates do their time there.

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