Switzerland: Polanski to jail at least until Monday

GENEVA - Roman Polanski will remain in a prison outside Zurich for at least three more days until it meets the safety conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday. Polanski will not be placed under house arrest in Switzerland before Monday, because he has not yet fully guarantee all of the requirements that it said in his chalet in resort luxury Swiss resort of Gstaad, justice remains Folco Galli, a spokesman of the ministry. Galli did not say, but 76-year-old director to submit a deposit of 4.5 million U.S. dollars, will be providing his identity papers and equipped with a monitoring bracelet. Polanski can not leave the cabin because the department decided whether to extradite to the United States in 1977 for sex with a 13-year-old girl. The Los Angeles authorities want the convicts after 31 years as a refugee. Doubts about the fate of Polanski was answered on Friday, came as a lawyer for the filmmakers Lorenz Erni prison in Winterthur, a town 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Zurich. Erni has refused to have the reporters after his visit of 80 minutes in jail, where Polanski is a prisoner committed delivery with more privileges than prisoners in Switzerland, the crimes to talk treatment. Winterthur, a former inmate said he was detained in a cell next to Polanski, and the Oscar-winning director of "Rosemary's Baby," "Chinatown" and "The Pianist" received better treatment than others. "For example, it would regularly call his wife or his lawyers," said Akram added Yuss top local radio, adding that Polanski also regularly discussed with the prison and could be a panic button to press when he needs something. Polanski always asked the guards to their origin and the prison authorities kept the director from other prisoners, "said Akram. "He seemed very tired," said Akram. Zurich prison authorities and prison Winterthur declined comment. The decision on the guarantee, Wednesday was a major victory for Polanski, after a series of legal setbacks after their arrest, 26 September, a U.S. arrest warrant after he arrived in Zurich with a Lifetime Achievement Award to a film. Fête Polanski raped the girl after they sail with champagne and a Quaalude pills over the accused will receive a modeling shoot in 1977. He was originally charged with six counts, including rape by use of drugs, pedophilia and bestiality, but guilty to reduced costs of unlawful sexual intercourse. In return, the judge promised to drop other charges and to imprisonment for a period of 90 days of psychiatric evaluation. Evaluators Polanski released after 42 days sentenced, but the judge said he would return to serve 90 days. Then Polanski fled the United States on 1 February 1978, the day he was to be sentenced. He has since lived in France does not extradite its citizens. Polanski claims of American judges and prosecutors had acted improperly when he and his lawyers will be before an appeals court in California in December, arguing that the indictment be dismissed. The Swiss authorities have refused to say how it is transmitted Polanski in his hut Gstaad as "Milky Way", the breathtaking views of the surrounding Alps. The three-story house still seemed to leave Friday. ___ Associated Press Eliane Engeler and Alexander G. Higgins in Geneva, Frank Jordan in Gstaad, and AP Photo by Michel Euler contributed to this report in Zurich.