Overpopulation, Warmth, Outdated: the Overwhelming Observation of the MP Dominique Voynet After Her Surprise Visit to Besançon's Prison

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After a surprise visit on Thursday 9 July to Besançon (Doubs) prison, MP Dominique Voynet denounces the unworthy conditions of detention due to overcrowding and obstinateness. Faced with this observation, she considers any renovation unnecessary and pleads for the urgent construction of a new prison.

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It's barely 11 a.m. at Toulouse-Seysses prison, and the heat already sets the three inmates who live in this small cell of 12 m2. A t-shirt is hung on the ceiling to sieve the raw light in this small room, and a fan turns continuously."It took