the target of constructing 15,000 further locations by 2027 is not going to be achieved, proclaims Didier Migaud | EUROtoday

Guest of the present “Political Questions” Sunday November 10, on France Inter, France Télévisions and The Worldthe Minister of Justice, Didier Migaud, introduced that the target of constructing 15,000 further jail locations by 2027 is not going to be achieved. “There are projects that are completely blocked”conceded the Minister of Justice.

Launched in 2017 by Emmanuel Macron, this plan supplied for the development of 15,000 new jail locations so as to restrict jail overcrowding, which has been power in France for years. But this plan is significantly delayed with solely 4,500 new locations delivered, based on the chancellery. A delay which might not be due a lot to an absence of credit, as to “land difficulties” and to “opposition from elected officials”to see closed instructional facilities or semi-liberty facilities constructed on their territory, based on the Minister of Justice.

“I will make proposals to the Prime Minister so that we can partly make up for this delay but we will not make up for it by 2027” declared Didier Migaud, saying the institution of a “operation truth” on the 15,000 plan. The minister additionally declared that he would make proposals to Parliament to have the ability to use “exceptional procedures” so as to overcome native opposition, “when it comes to establishments of national interest”.

At 1^er October 2024, the variety of prisoners in France reached a brand new report with 79,631 folks incarcerated in comparison with 78,969 the earlier month with a jail density of 127.9%. France is among the many worst performers in Europe when it comes to jail overcrowding, in third place behind Cyprus and Romania, based on a research revealed in June by the Council of Europe.