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French justice minister wants to make prisoners pay for jail time

France's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced plans on Monday to require prisoners to help cover their incarceration costs amid recent prison violence.
The announcement follows violent attacks on prisons and guards during a two-week period in April, linked to a group called DDPF opposing a crackdown on drug trafficking.
Currently, France holds 81,600 inmates, exceeding the official capacity of 62,363 places, while the government plans to transfer 200 dangerous drug traffickers to high-security prisons by October.
Darmanin highlighted that the annual expense of running prisons in France amounts to €4 billion and expressed support for a legislative proposal to change the law, recalling that inmates used to pay part of their imprisonment costs until 2003.
The Justice Minister emphasized his determination to improve prison security and guard anonymity, responding to unacceptable violence and threats against prison officers and facilities.

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Le Point.fr

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Making prisoners pay: a real good idea

CHRONIQUE. Gerald Darmanin proposes to charge inmates a fee for incarceration. Judge lubricated or baroque by his opponents, the proposal nourishes polemics. However, the idea does not only raise a security-penitentiary surplus.

8 days ago·Paris, France

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Euronews

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French justice minister wants to make prisoners pay for jail time

The announcement follows a series of violent attacks that targeted prisons and prison guards over a two-week period in April.

9 days ago·France

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France Info

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Inmate participation in prison costs: "a simple and brutal idea," denounces the International Prisons Observatory

In particular, the OIP recalls that the prison population is largely characterized by precariousness, with an unemployment rate in prison "of 70%".

9 days ago·Strasbourg, France

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valeursactuelles.com

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Gérald Darmanin wants to restore prisoners' "incarceration costs"

To involve prisoners in order to finance the operation of prisons, this is the proposal of Gérald Darmanin. The Minister of Justice announced, on Monday 28 April, at the TF1 JT, that he would like to restore "incarceration costs" in all French prisons."Today, the operation of our prisons costs 10 million euros a day (...), everyone must participate in it. Prisoners must contribute to the costs of incarceration," he explains. However, the modalit…

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Prisons: Gérald Darmanin wants inmates to pay prison fees

On Monday 28 April, the Minister of Justice announced his intention to amend the law, in order to finance the "functioning of our prisons" which he estimates to be "about €4 billion a year".

9 days ago·Paris, France

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Is it possible to charge inmates for their incarceration? Gérald Darmanin wants to put in place a "flanket of presence in the prison"

Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Monday that he had sent a letter to the prison officials, to announce in particular that he was going to amend the law so that the inmates...

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