Inmates sleep four or five per cell in many jails. The figure could soon exceed the record of 64,250 reached in July 2008.
The number of juveniles has however declined by 3.4%, to 673 instead of 697 to 1 October. They represent about 1.1% of those incarcerated.
Among those detained, 16,852 had not been finally convicted. In addition, 5995 people legally receive a prison sentence development such as semi-freedoms, outside investments or bail electronic bracelet.
The latter was receiving at 2307 held on 1 November 2007, a figure up from 44.5% last year.
After a series of suicides and murders, the situation of French prisons has triggered several highly critical reports, including the Council of Europe.
The Prisons Act expected to develop alternatives to incarceration will be considered in first reading in the Senate in 2009, when it is discussed for over a year. No date is set for final adoption.
Unions magistrates believe that the adoption of more punitive criminal laws at the initiative of Minister Rachida Dati, coupled with the abandonment of the practice of collective pardons on July 14, placed the French prison in emergencies .
The number of juveniles has however declined by 3.4%, to 673 instead of 697 to 1 October. They represent about 1.1% of those incarcerated.
Among those detained, 16,852 had not been finally convicted. In addition, 5995 people legally receive a prison sentence development such as semi-freedoms, outside investments or bail electronic bracelet.
The latter was receiving at 2307 held on 1 November 2007, a figure up from 44.5% last year.
After a series of suicides and murders, the situation of French prisons has triggered several highly critical reports, including the Council of Europe.
The Prisons Act expected to develop alternatives to incarceration will be considered in first reading in the Senate in 2009, when it is discussed for over a year. No date is set for final adoption.
Unions magistrates believe that the adoption of more punitive criminal laws at the initiative of Minister Rachida Dati, coupled with the abandonment of the practice of collective pardons on July 14, placed the French prison in emergencies .
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