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French Prisons Targeted 
in Coordinated Attack
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)
French Prisons Targeted in Coordinated Attack by A wave of attacks against six prison facilities around France on April 15, 2025, was called a coordinated effort by drug gangs to push back against government crackdowns targeting their incarcerated leaders. Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin vowed that “[t]he Republic will not back …
Dramatic Prisoner Escape in France Leaves Two Guards Dead
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Escapes, Murder by Escapees
Dramatic Prisoner Escape in France Leaves Two Guards Dead by A massive manhunt was underway in France on May 14, 2024, after a prison van was ambushed at a highway toll booth by four armed accomplices of prisoner Mohamed Amra, 30. He escaped in the ensuing shootout, which also killed …
News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
Will “Dunkirk’s” Use of Prison Labor in Set Construction Disqualify it from the Oscars?
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Prison Labor
Will “Dunkirk’s” Use of Prison Labor in Set Construction Disqualify it from the Oscars? by by Mike Elk, Payday Report The Christopher Nolan-directed epic movie “Dunkirk” has been nominated for 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Production Design. However, prisoners’ rights advocates say that “Dunkirk” should be disqualified from …
French Officials to Install Phones in 50,000 Prison Cells
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform, Telephone Access
French Officials to Install Phones in 50,000 Prison Cells by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In a bold move designed to reduce cell phone trafficking and improve rehabilitative efforts, on January 2, 2018, French officials opened the bidding process for a telecom provider to install landline telephones in each of …
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018
Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …
Are French Prisons Radicalizing Muslim Prisoners?
Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Prison Reform, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, War on Terror, Collateral consequences of prison, Immigration, Terrorism, Racial Profiling
Are French Prisons Radicalizing Muslim Prisoners? by Joe Watson The demographics inside French prisons have become a hot-button issue in the aftermath of eleven terrorist attacks that have occurred in France since January 2015. At least six individuals involved in those attacks are believed to have been inducted into radical …
World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo – Guidelines For Physicians Concerning Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To Detention And Imprisonment, 2...
Publication • October 1, 2016
Filed under: Threats by Staff, Retaliation, Hunger Strikes, Protests, Forcible Treatment, Conditions of Confinement, Food, Torture Victims Act
World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo – Guidelines For Physicians Concerning Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To Detention And Imprisonment, 2016 WMA DECLARATION OF TOKYO – GUIDELINES FOR PHYSICIANS CONCERNING TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN RELATION TO …
News in Brief
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Dale County jail prisoner Trawick Redding, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit on July 28, 2015 claiming guards Zeneth Glenn and Ryan Mittlebach tortured and assaulted him, and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment, by using a large Burmese python to intimidate him during his jail …
Mumia Abu-Jamal Honored in Paris, France
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Filed under: International, Political Prisoners (International), Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal Honored in Paris, France by Gary Hunter Prison Legal News columnist Mumia Abu-Jamal was recently honored by the citizens of Paris, France who named a street in his honor. The controversial Philadelphia figure has the dual distinction of being a hero in one country and a villain in …
European Human Rights Court Upholds French Guerrilla's Solitary Confinement; Awards 10,000 Euros
Article • December 15, 2003
Filed under: Court Access, International Law, Terrorism
European Human Rights Court Upholds French Guerrilla's Solitary Confinement; Awards 10,000 Euros by European Human Rights Court Upholds French Guerilla's Solitary Confinement; Awards 10,000 Euros French political prisoner Ilich Ramirez Sanchez appealed a decision of the Chamber of the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights that being …
Sodexho Bows to Pressure, Announces Sale of CCA Stock
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Organizing
Sodexho Bows to Pressure, Announces Sale of CCA Stock by Bowing to pressure from angry U.S. and Canadian student activists, Paris based Sodexho Alliance (SA) announced plans to sell its 8 percent stake in Corrections Corporation of America, as soon as CCA completes a corporate restructuring. But in a statement …
World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews, Prisoners-International
World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey by by Richard Terrill is a 472 page book examining the criminal justice systems of France, England, Sweden, Russia and Japan. In that respect the title is misleading as all five countries are industrialized bourgeois democracies that have more in common with each other …
Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prisoners-International, Mental Health, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging
Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani by Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani! Georges Cipriani was captured in February, 1987 together with three other militants of Action Directe in France. The French government charged them with several armed actions against the military industrial complex and NATO. …
Crisis in the French Gulag
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Lockdowns, Prisoners-International
Crisis in the French Gulag by Jean-Marc Rouillan 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 …
PLN Banned in France
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Filed under: Prisoners-International, Mail Regulations, Media, Censorship
PLN Banned in France by Paul Wright PLN Banned In France By Paul Wright PLN reader Jean Marc Rouillain, a political prisoner in France, has written and informed us that the April, 1991, issue of PLN (which just happened to have his article about the worsening prison conditions in France …
Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Organizing, Hunger Strikes, Prisoners-International
Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France by Jean-Marc Rouillan 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 …