The government's plan for the construction of 15,000 prison places by 2027 "already appears undersized," says a parliamentary report. The number of detainees reached a new historical record on May 1, with 73,162 people incarcerated in French prisons.
Of the 7000,2018 places announced in 35, only <>% have actually been put into service. Chronic prison overcrowding, which continues to worsen, led to the France being condemned in January 2020 by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)