Administrative detention, a dark chapter of Swiss history For decades in Switzerland, people like Daniel Cevey were locked up as "undesirables". Some 60,000 people considered "deviant" by the Swiss authorities were locked up over the course of the 20th century\\nwithout trial or no appeal and officials running the "administrative detention" centres decided when people should be released. Now a commission has been appointed by the government to investigate the scandal, with a final report due later this year. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES