Articles by Jean-Marc Rouillan

Crisis in the French Gulag

Loaded on March 15, 1993 by Jean-Marc Rouillan published in Prison Legal News March, 1993, page 9

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Lockdowns, Prisoners-International. Location: France.

As you may know, the French prison system is one of the worst in Western Europe; its conditions and facilities of confinement are the same as those of bloody Turkey!

In the 1980's things only worsened. Each year there are more prisoners and they are always serving heavier sentences. The ...

Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France

Loaded on April 15, 1991 by Jean-Marc Rouillan published in Prison Legal News April, 1991, page 7

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Organizing, Hunger Strikes, Prisoners-International. Location: France.

By Jean Marc Rouillan

[Editors note: this article is translated and based on a letter from Jean Marc to one of PLN's editors.] FRESNES, FRANCE

The latest struggle here in France is a rolling hunger strike, one of us will not eat for a week, then another won't eat and ...