The candidate for the position of General Inspector of Prisons, Pierre Coppey, expresses his fears regarding the trivialization of prison overcrowding during his hearing in the Senate. #Prisons #SurpopulationCarcérale #ContrôleurGénéral (translated)
At the Lyon Corbas prison, 71 inmates refused to return to their cells due to detention conditions deemed very difficult, according to a union that warns of an alarming situation of prison overcrowding. #Prison #SurpopulationCarcérale #ConditionsDeDétention (translated)
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of Justice, acknowledged that the prison overcrowding in France is such that there are places that shame the country. #SurpopulationCarcérale #Justice #GéraldDarmanin (translated)
Lyon Corbas is suffering from an alarming prison overcrowding that could lead to an explosive situation, according to Ludovic Navarro, deputy secretary of the UFAP UNSA. #Lyon #surpopulationcarcérale #LyonCorbas (translated)
France has reached a new prison record with 90,937 detainees, nearly 9,000 of whom sleep on mattresses on the floor, while the prison occupancy rate stands at 143.3%. #Prisons #SurpopulationCarcérale #Justice (translated)
France recorded a new prison overcrowding record with over 90,000 inmates as of October 1st. #surpopulationcarcerale #detention #France (translated)
France reaches a new record of prison overcrowding with 90,937 detainees as of October 1st, with only 63,452 available places, worsening an already critical situation according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice. #SurpopulationCarcérale #Prisons #Justice (translated)
French prisons reached a record number of 90,937 detainees on October 1st, leading to a chronic increase in prison overcrowding in a context where operational places amount to only 63,452. #Prisons #SurpopulationCarcérale #Justice (translated)
The author announced that the first modular cell had been installed the same day at the Troyes-Lavau site. He presented this installation as the first of a series and indicated that 3,000 modular prison places would be created everywhere in the coming months. https://t.co/y8h1TdlSID #Innovation #Justice #SurpopulationCarcérale #FR (translated)
The project for adapted containers intended to combat prison overcrowding in Belgium is facing significant delays, with a new deadline set for 2029. #surpopulationcarcérale #JusticeBelgique #conditionsdedetention (translated)
The Rennes-Vézin prison is facing alarming overcrowding, with up to three people per cell of less than 10 m², and an official report highlighting the risks of human rights violations related to these degrading conditions. (translated)
In a context of prison overpopulation in Belgium, various actors in the penitentiary world testify to the humiliations experienced by inmates, illustrating a reality where the waiting and suffering of a lost identity become acute, as evidenced by the collection "The Humiliating Prison." #Prisons #SurpopulationCarcérale #Humiliation (translated)
"The construction of new facilities cannot be a relevant response: given the current rate of growth of overpopulation, it would be necessary, to absorb it, to put a prison center into operation every six weeks. The General Controller of places of deprivation of liberty, Dominique Simonnot, regretted the absence of a 'national scale measure' to curb prison overpopulation, in an opinion published in the Official Journal at the beginning of July." #SurpopulationCarcérale #PrisonsFrance #Justice (translated)
Prison overcrowding in France reaches a new record with 90,020 detainees as of September 1, corresponding to an overcrowding rate of 142.1% and the use of more than 8,300 mattresses placed on the floor due to the lack of beds. #SurpopulationCarcérale #PrisonsFrance #Justice (translated)
The general controller of places of deprivation of liberty, Dominique Simonnot, lamented the absence of a "national-scale measure" to curb prison overcrowding, in an opinion published in the Official Journal at the beginning of July. #SurpopulationCarcérale #Justice #PrisonsFrance (translated)
French prisons have reached a new record with 90,020 inmates as of September 1, 2026, marking an increase of 6.8% compared to the previous year, while overcrowding and living conditions in correctional facilities are increasingly criticized. #SurpopulationCarcérale #Justice #PrisonsFrance (translated)
To combat prison overcrowding, a new law in the United Kingdom allows for the earlier release of around 700 inmates, while raising concerns about the need for better support to limit the risk of reoffending. #SurpopulationCarcérale #Réinsertion #JusticeUK (translated)
Des témoignages alarmants révèlent les conditions dégradantes de détention en Belgique, marquées par la surpopulation, l'absence de moyens et des traitements inhumains, selon le rapport La prison humilie du Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire. #Prison #SurpopulationCarcérale #ConditionsDeDétention
En Belgique, un livre de témoignages publié par le Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire dénonce les conditions dégradantes des prisons, soulignant que la surpopulation et le manque de ressources compromettent la dignité humaine et la réinsertion des détenus. #Prison #DignitéHumaine #SurpopulationCarcérale
Le tribunal civil de Gand impose à l'État belge un délai de six mois pour réduire la surpopulation carcérale à 110 % à la prison de Gand, sous peine d'encourtir des astreintes pouvant atteindre 45 millions d'euros. #SurpopulationCarcérale #PrisonDeGand #JusticeBelge
