Overview
- Sarkozy announced Le journal d'un prisonnier will be released on December 10 by Fayard, priced at €20.90 and running 216 pages.
- An excerpt posted on X describes the constant noise of La Santé and how prison deepened his inner life.
- He was jailed on October 21 following a conviction for association illicite tied to funds that the court said left Libya during the 2007 campaign.
- He was freed on November 10 after judges found pretrial detention unwarranted, with restrictions that bar travel outside France and contact with Justice Ministry officials including Gérald Darmanin.
- He became the first French ex-head of state to be incarcerated since World War II, spending 20 days under close surveillance before awaiting an appeal hearing scheduled for March in Paris.