At the turning point (Swiss Press Text 2016, by Samanta Siegfried)

At the turning point

ZEIT Schweiz, Nr. 46, 2015

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2016

Samanta Siegfried

I stayed at the St. Johannsen correctional facility for four days and accompanied social worker Ueli Zingg and one of "his" inmates, Baumer. He has been incarcerated for many years, trying to get his pedophilic tendencies under control. I accompanied him to an interview at a new institution—his last stop before freedom.

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Samanta Siegfried / Swiss Press Award

Samanta Siegfried

Freie Journalistin, Basel, 1987

Geboren in Bern. Studium der Medienwissenschaften und Ethologie in Basel und Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in Indien. Absolventin der Reportageschule in Reutlingen. Reporterin der Agentur Zeitenspiegel und Redaktorin der Zeitschrift natur. Seit 2017 freie Journalistin, u.a für ZEIT Schweiz, NZZ, Beobachter, Swissinfo.

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