France’s Surge in Prison Population Prompts Mass Jail Expansion

teleSUR – October 8, 2016 France will build 32 new jails and one detention center to deal with overcrowding, largely fueled by mass arrests from counterterrorism operations. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls also said France would build 28 rehabilitation centers, reconstruct 12 prisons and build 16 more. The country’s prison population has soared to over […]

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