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The types of prisons depend on the type of criminals they hold. Firstly, there are the short-stay prisons. Short-stay prisons contain the defendants awaiting their trial, and prisoners sentenced to less than 2 years. These are the most overcrowded prisons in the French penitentiary system, with an average rate of occupancy of 130%. [2]
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Entrance to the prison. The Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes is a women's prison of the French Prison Service in Rennes, Brittany, France. Since 2008, it has been the only women's prison in France. [1] Its operations began in 1878. [2] It was designed by the architect, Alfred-Nicolas Normand.
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Maisons d'arrêt ("houses of arrest") are a category of prison in France, Belgium and other French-speaking countries, which hold prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing, or those being held for less than one year. In the Netherlands the Huis van bewaring or Huis van arrest has the same function; the name is a literal translation from the French.
Prisoners and detainees of Vichy France (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Prisoners and detainees of France" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
The Brest Prison in the late 19th or early 20th century. The Brest Prison (French - bagne de Brest) was a 254m long prison in Brest, France. It was built between 1749 and 1751 by Antoine Choquet de Lindu, dominating the military port it was built to serve. It could house 3000 prisoners (sometimes as much as 10% of the town's population ...