Overcrowded prisons, extremely slow criminal proceedings, lack of resources, archaism… Justice in France is sick. And according to the latest survey, almost three quarters of the respondents (73%) think that it works poorly. A”action planThe findings of the main estates of justice were supposed to be published this Wednesday, but the keeper of the seals Eric Dupont-Moretti finally postponed this announcement until January.
Meanwhile, prisons in the Netherlands are emptying, and the government has closed many prisons in recent years. The country went from 20,000 prisoners in 2004 to 11,000 in 2020. And most importantly, in this highly urbanized country, with immigration and poverty rates quite similar to France, the Netherlands has 54 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, according to criminal statistics. of the Council of Europe in January 2021, that is, almost half as much as France.
Nevertheless, and still according to the figures of the Council of Europe…
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Source: Le Figaro
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