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One day, one story. Richard Malpas, Luxembourg through bars

One day, one story. Richard Malpas, Luxembourg through bars

A childhood tossed between three borders. A school system marked by violence and xenophobia. Finally, "dirty schemes" and prison. In an uncompromising account, Richard Malpas recounts his journey into the Luxembourg backwaters, all the way to the Schrassig jails.
Richard Malpas's book,
Richard Malpas's book, "P2, One Year in Luxembourg Prisons." Photo by Gilles Wirtz

He was 20 years old when he walked through the gates of the Schrassig penitentiary. Richard Malpas (his assumed name) is now 38. Arrested for drug trafficking, the young man was placed in pretrial detention. "Of the six accomplices involved in this case, only two of us were taken to prison," he recalls. "The guy with me was of Albanian origin, the others were...

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