Overcrowding, attacks, and escapes: French prison system nears collapse

27 Puede 2025, 08:15

Two weeks ago, for three consecutive nights, a dozen French prisons were attacked from the outside. There were Molotov cocktails, bursts of Kalashnikov fire and the burning of official vehicles. On the charred cars appeared an acronym: DDPF (Defense of the Rights of French Prisoners).