Council of Europe expresses "deep concern" at prison overpopulation in France. European body on Thursday invited the French authorities "to reconsider their strategy to combat overpopulation" There are currently 77,000 inmates in French prisons, “unheard of’.
Council of Europe will carry out a new monitoring of the situation in 2025, says the International Prison Observatory (OIP) The European Court of Human Rights condemned France four years ago in a case of prison overcrowding. France condemned in 2020.