https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland has the highest prisoner escape rate in Europe, according to a major new report. Here's why this is no bad thing. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190404/why-switzerlands-extremely-high-rate-of-prison-escapes-is-good-news-law-jails Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:12:44 +0200 why-switzerlands-extremely-high-rate-of-prison-escapes-is-good-news-law-jails The number of inmates in Swiss prisons has ballooned in recent years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190205/number-of-inmates-in-swiss-prisons-has-risen-50-per-cent-in-30-years Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:42:32 +0100 number-of-inmates-in-swiss-prisons-has-risen-50-per-cent-in-30-years The Lenzburg prison in the canton of Aargau is to spend 200,000 francs installing an anti-drone alarm system on its roof in order to prevent drones being used to deliver goods to prisoners. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161117/swiss-prison-installs-anti-drone-system Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:37:03 +0100 swiss-prison-installs-anti-drone-system Several prisons in Switzerland are looking into ways to defend themselves against drones over fears they could be used to deliver weapons to prisoners. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160830/swiss-prisons-fear-drone-deliveries-to-inmates Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:42:33 +0200 swiss-prisons-fear-drone-deliveries-to-inmates Switzerland has overcrowded prisons, security services that use excessive force, and lingering discrimination problems, according to the US State Department's Country Report on human rights practices in 2013. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140228/us-reports-human-rights-issues-in-switzerland Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:53:00 +0100 us-reports-human-rights-issues-in-switzerland