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Once upon a time, in the days of kings and serfs, when justice was swift and arbitrary, the French prison system was the pride and fear of the world. But things have changed dramatically since the heyday of the Bastille. No longer can you find French prisoners stuffed away into...
Just days before Ferrara’s escape, another suspected murderer, Joseph Menconni, broke out of prison in Borgo, Corsica. His accomplices forced their way into the prison with a fake bazooka that scared the guards. Like Ferrara, this was also Menconni’s second time breaking out of...
On the heels of the last week’s second escape, French Justice Minister Dominique de Perben promised to reform the prisons. Perben will now require more exacting searches along with more frequent shuffling around of dangerous prisons among the many French jails. He even promised to fire any...
It is this kind of forgiveness and leniency that only serves to encourage French prisoners to fly the coop, like the three who escaped from Draguignan prison when a friend landed a helicopter in the middle of the courtyard and flew them out. While many French prisons install nets to...
All these escapes may not seem so important, since they only add up to about two dozen per year, but the numbers are less important than the ethos. It’s hard not to see the metonymy in the laxity of the French approach to its own prison security...