Rhône: an investigation for “violence” after a video of prison guards hitting an inmate. Another person claims to have been ‘hit and insulted by guards’ The number of prisoners in France reached a new record with 75,897 people incarcerated on January 1.

The Villefranche-sur-Saône prison administration confirmed that “the two officers” have been “dismissed from service, placed on unjustified absence, since February 7”