"Cheaper, faster and human-sized prisons": Gérald Darmanin wants to overcome prison overcrowding with prefabricated cells

The Keeper of Seals was visiting this Monday, April 14 at the Bouygues building plant in Crépy-en-Valois to discover the process of making prefabricated prison cells. He wants this process to be used to create 3,000 places before the end of the presidential term.

In order to cope with prison overcrowding, Gérald Darmanin believes that he has found the solution. On Monday 14 April, during a trip to Crépy-en-Valois (Oise), the Minister of Justice announced that he wanted to "build 3,000 additional prison places in a few months" thanks to prefabricated modules. "These are real prisons but built in factories," presented the Keeper of the Seals on the microphone of BFMTV, thus taking an example on Germany and…

To address prison overcrowding, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the construction of 3,000 new prefabricated prison places, a way to reduce the economic cost of this overoccupation.

The Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Monday that he would launch in May and June two calls for tenders to build 3,000 prison places in modular structures.

This Sunday, 13 April, Gérald Darmanin announced that he would want to build prefabricated prisons. These modular structures could accommodate prisoners judged to be the least dangerous by 2026. Some countries have already adopted this solution to prison overcrowding. - "Modular prisons", this project by Gérald Darmanin already tested abroad (Police, justice and various facts).

Gérald Darmanin, the keeper of the Seals, spent the morning in Crépy-en-Valois. – Photos: Oise Hebdo. The keeper of the Seals had an appointment this Monday, April 14 in Crépy-en-Valois. Gérald Darmanin wanted to visit the site of production of modulars of the company "Bouygues constructions", installed rue de Soissons. And for reason: these modulars are among those used to build mini- prisons in record time. "We have a problem of overcrowding w…