French jails hit the braking point as the number of prisoners. world News
According to data released by the Ministry of Justice on Saturday, the French jail population reached a new high on 1 May, with 83,681 prisoners in the features designed for only 62,570.In the previous year, the number of prisoners in France has increased by 6,000, leading to the national occupancy rate to 133.7 percent.As a result of this unprecedented congestion, 23 out of 186 detention centers in France operated more than double their intended capacity.The Minister of Justice Graeld Daramanin, who described the situation as “unacceptable”, has proposed to build additional facilities to address the increase in the number of prisoners.In mid-May, the minister unveiled the plan of a new high security gel in French Guyana-is intended for the most “dangerous” criminals, including the foreign area-drug Lords in the north of Brazil.“The congestion in the prison is completely bad for all,” Darmanin said in late April, referring to “horrific circumstances” and “insecurity and violence” experienced by prisoners.April also saw a series of coordinated attacks on French jails, in which criminals set up cars, rescued the entrance of a prison with automatic pills, and left the cryptic signs.The incidents embarrassed the government, especially its staunch figures such as Dronin and Internal Minister Bruno Retillay, who have promised to intensify efforts against drugs.Later that month, MPs passed a new bill targeting drug -related crimes, which will be placed in some of the country’s most dangerous smugglers in high security jail units.A council of Europe, published in June 2024, ranked France as one of the worst criminals in Europe for the mob in prison, which ranks it third behind Cyprus and Romania.
