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Geneva and Jura may build a joint prison

Friday, 27 March 2026 06:30

In what would be first, two cantons may build a joint prison.

Politicians in Jura and Geneva are proposing a new prison should be built in canton Jura - jointly funded by both.

Members of the Liberal Party say Geneva prisons are overcrowded, but the canton lacks the space for a new one. But Jura has the space - and the need - as the current facility, based in an old castle, is out of date. 

It's not unusual that cantons pay others to house their prisoners - but there is not a jointly operated prison in the country.

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