Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. He is the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.

Sarkozy, hand-in-hand with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left home before getting into a car and travelling to the La Sante prison. On his way to prison, Sarkozy said in a statement released on social media that “an innocent man” was being locked up. His journey from the presidential Elysee Palace to the notorious La Sante prison in Paris has captivated France.

Sarkozy's lawyers said the former president will be held in solitary confinement due to security reasons.

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