Former Swiss prisoners seek justice
In Switzerland, thousands of victims of a policy known as ‘administrative detention’ are demanding an investigation and compensation for being imprisoned without committing any crime. The practice was aimed at encouraging better behavior among young people. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the full story from the BBC’s Imogene Foulkes.
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