European Committee for the Prevention of Torture · France · 2024
CPT's seven-prison inspection of France documents severe overcrowding (some facilities at 200%+ of capacity), inadequate access to outdoor exercise, and serious shortcomings in mental-health care. France's prison occupancy hit a record 78,082 detainees in 2024 against a capacity of ~60,400.
Same publisher and overlapping topics where possible.
overcrowding · decarceration
overcrowding · pre-trial-detention · women-prisoners
overcrowding · alternatives · mental-health
overcrowding · pre-trial-detention · alternatives
drug-policy · alternatives · health-in-prison
data-transparency · pre-trial-detention · decarceration