Paris, France, Sept 1, 2026 (AFP) - French prison overcrowding reaches new record high

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2026-09-01

France's prison population broke new records last month, nearing 90,000 inmates as overcrowding hit an all-time high, justice ministry data showed Tuesday. Jails held 89,668 inmates on August 1 despite having capacity for only around 63,300 in the country of 69 million. That brought the occupancy rate to a record 141.6 percent, up from 136.9 percent in February -- itself a record at the time. Overcrowding forced 7,956 detained people to sleep on......

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