The number of prisoners in France reached a new peak on 1 April, with 77,450 people incarcerated, 4,370 more than the previous year, according to figures published on Tuesday 30 April by the Ministry of Justice.
According to prison administration statistics,it is the highest number of inmates ever recorded. French prisons had 61,570 operational places. In some establishments, prison overcrowding has reached 200%. Due to lack of space, the number of people forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor has risen sharply: 3,307, compared with 2,151 a year ago.
Earlier in mid-March, the Council of Europe expressed its ‘deep concern’ about this persistent issue. The French authorities have taken several measures to try and remedy the situation, including a ban on prison sentences of less than one month, reorganisation of sentences, electronically monitored home detention and the development of community service, but these are proving insufficient.
The Council of Europe has invited the French authorities to ‘seriously and rapidly examine the idea of introducing a binding national mechanism for regulating prisons’. The government is still planning to build 15,000 new prison places by 2027.
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France: prisons are overcrowded with more than 77,000 inmates, report indicates
