| monday,
march 27th 2000 >>> day 8 |
Seelenlos calls his lawyer to contact his
doctor. Despite he sent his medical report / prescriptions
of Seelenlos already the 2nd time, it seems not to have arrived
in the airport prison. His doctor sends another fax. Wear-down-tactics
like in the GULAG. |
| tuesday,
march 28th 2000 >>> day 9 |
 Visiting
day in the airport prison. Each prisoner is allowed to see visitors
once
a week for 1 hour. Every 2 weeks he is allowed to make a phone
call for 10 minutes. According to the prison decree gifts for
prisoners are only handed out from the middle of the even months
(feb / apr / june / aug / oct / dec 10. - 22.). Tough luck for artist Seelenlos
staying in prison from 20.3. - 21.4. But the BLUTGEIL-files and
money
can easily pass and will be handed over to the prisoner - somewhen
- later. The porter behind the desk pushes a knob. The guardhouse
is filled with tons of the surveillance colour TVs you dream of. Despite
the alarm of the metal detector the door to the visitor anteroom
unlocks and you are free to enter. The visitor accompanied by a guard is
locked into a visiting-cabin. On the other side of the wall behind
the massive glass sheet dividing the room, there opens now the other
door and prisoned artist Seelenlos enters. His face looks
sunken
and pale. A grated drain below the glass makes conversation possible. 
Long awaited approval
for vitamin pills since friday 24.3. 7.30 h (vgl Brief
5 vom 24.03.00). Despite decreasing
teeth gum Seelenlos hopes for recovery with sufficient vitamin C
supply (vgl. Brief
7 vom 27.03.00). After 5 days of
excuses 3 polaroid-fotos as proof for his bleeding gum can be
taken. Since prison entry he got 1 apple, 1 banana, 3
leaves of salad and 1 piece of melon. Food in the airport prison
is torture. "If i got it right, i will get 1 liter of orange
juice for the whole next week. Hope there will be a sequal." (vgl.
Brief
8 vom 29.03.00)
Meanwhile the laptop was checked
and allowed (no diskettes!), for all that the prisoned artist could
start his work again. (vgl.
Brief 6 vom 25.03.00, Brief
7 vom 27.03.00)
Excerpts of letter 4 (Brief
4 vom 26.03.00) give information
about possible reasons and legal background of his transfer
from private penal institution Urdorf / Zurich to airport prison Zurich.
"The airport prison is famous for its bad reputation. Transfers
to there are thought to be additional punishment for renitent prisoners
out of other prisons." Probably that private penal institution Urdorf /
Zurich refers to § 6 ("Help of police") of reglementation on
district prisons:
"If in case of disturbance of prison
security help from the outside should be necessary, the administrator
calls the Kantonspolizei for support. He also calls them for transports
of prisoners dangerous of escape or to the community.
(pointed out by Seelenlos)
Excerpt of letter 4 (Brief
4 vom 26.03.00) from airport prison
(Flughafengefängnis):
"How many police officers showed up in
Urdorf and who brought me to here, what do you guess? (Handcuffed?)
(What?) As far as i saw, there was at least 1 sixpack (Swiss expression
for police van with 6 officers inside), rather more. One entered and said,
if i wouldn't obey they would call for more support and "use force"
(Publicity like a bombshell for a harmless little art-performance there
in front of the gate...Didn't know that art is violent and dangerous
to the community...not to mention security...you never stop learning here
around...i'm looking forward to read about this fun in my secret state
police security file."
After exactly 1 hour the opposite door opens
and a guard picks up Seelenlos, accompanies him back to his cell. On his
side the visitor has to push a knob and after a little while a guard opens
the door and shows the way to the outside. You take a deep breath when
the heavy armoured gate rolls aside. If you should feel the urge to shoot
a foto of the impressing building for the family album, so
please take your time...
...because it can happen that exactly in
that moment a patrol-car of airport security police comes around the corner
with 2 officers having plenty of time to check your papers. Perhaps
then their undercover colleagues drive by for a little smalltalk while
you are easily waiting half an hour.
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| wednesday,
march 29th 2000 >>> day 10 |
Letter 7 (Brief
7 vom 27.03.00) is in the mail. Despite
every day prison life Seelenlos tries to finish his regular workload.
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| thursday,
march 30st 2000 >>> day 11 |
Every day 1 hour of walking in the prison
court yard.
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| friday,
march 31st 2000 >>> day 12 |
Lawyer receives complaint 2 of Seelenlos
against administration of private penal institution Urdorf / Zurich. "Malicious
omission of duty to care" is the accusation, because of not handing
over important files on the occasion of the transfer (report/prescriptions
of the doctor and the application for free occupation according
to § 74 on district penal institutions). "Heavy disadvantages
stroke me in blatant contrary to a lot of regulations." We are still
waiting for a reply of private penal institution Urdorf / Zurich,
where they take their time. Concearning complaint 1 there is also
still no reply yet: But maybe the faxmachine is to blame for everything...
(vgl Beschwerde
2).
This
is no red-beet-juice!
but
a little taste
of
what comes out of my mouth
after
teeth brushing and in between... |
| Look
into the mouth of the artist: |
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| saturday, april
1st 2000 >>> day 13 |
Letter 8 (Brief
8 vom 29.03.00) contains quite an
interesting collection of set phrases with which he gets fed up
in the airport prison. They allow instructive insight into the psyche of
the guards and especially of prison doctor Holy:
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"You
have to apply for it ."
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"
you had a visitor during the round of the prison doctor. We don't want
to disturb in these moments on principle"
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"Unfortunately
we have to collect the forms , so everything will be ready
on qualifying date."
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",
we didn't you."
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"We're
sorry to be
about the
rsp it is not possible because of
reasons."
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"Come
back ."
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"We
do what we can, but we are sorry your ."
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I
could prescript you a ."
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"Sorry!
Counter is ."
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"We
collect the mess kit,
collect it."
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"Please
consult the ,
but
he's in a ,
and tomorrow is ."
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"Sorry,
i was ."
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"Sorry,
but we can make ."
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"Please
write a ."
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"I
am for
that."
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"My
Sirs, it is time. You when
you will be allowed to call again."
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"I'm
not working my first day in prison, the
will do it in 2 or 3 days, so this is ."
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"Go
."
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Irony of fate:
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| sunday, 2nd april
2000 >>> day 14 |
"Cell still smells like
a thrown ashtray, except when i took a shit. Then it smells like
in a pigsty. I thought with vegetarian food it would get better,
but if you think... . Well, a little bit at least. But nobody here would
really be sad if Restorama went bankrupt. Or a MD-11
crashed on it. At least i don't need no drugs to be ever-stoned suffering
of this heavy stomach ache. I know, the subject is worn out, but
food
is torture in here. The quasi-continuation of solitary confinement
with different methods. They surely know why there is no common
eating-hall. Would be too easy to instigate there the insurrection
you dream of." (vgl Brief
6 vom 25.03.00)
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