Rennes. Vezin-Le-Coquet Prison: a Casserole-Minute About to Explode

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On the western edge of Rennes, the Vezin-le-Coquet prison alone embodies the profound ills of the French prison institution: chronic overcrowding, lack of staff, deterioration of infrastructure, and lack of psychiatric care. In recent weeks, a series of serious incidents – including several departures of fire in detention – alert about the imminent risk of a collective revolt, in a context of heath that exacerbates tensions and suffering. A cons…