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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%.
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.
The Cherche-Midi prison was a French military prison located in Paris, France. It housed military prisoners between 1851 and 1947. It housed military prisoners between 1851 and 1947. Construction on the prison began in 1847, when the former convent of the Daughters of the Good Shepherd was demolished on Rue du Cherche-Midi in Paris.
Nouville, story of a prison, radio documentary by La Fabrique de l'histoire on France Culture. New Caledonia, island of exile, land of asylum, 2004, Museum of the City of Nouméa, (French version), Sugar cane in the Caledonian penal colony (Alain Saussol, 2002). Records of the registers: death on Île Nou (1865-1939) New Caledonia.
Ensisheim Central Prison is a French prison located in Ensisheim, in the Haut-Rhine department, in the Grand Est region of France. It was constructed around 1614 as a Jesuit college, which was closed when the Jesuits were expelled in 1765. The prison is administered by the multi-regional directorate of prison services in Strasbourg.
Gunmen wearing balaclavas ambush a prison van to free notorious inmate "The Fly." - Reuters On May 10, Amra was found guilty on the charge of burglary by a court in Évreux, resulting in a prison ...
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Three of the last four executions in France took place in Baumettes: Ali Benyanès in 1973, Christian Ranucci on 28 July 1976 and the last, Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977. In January 2015, La Provence revealed that pictures of inmates with "cash, dope and mobile phones" were uploaded to a Facebook page. [ 2 ]