France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana.

France's prisons are chronically overcrowded. Now, the government is turning to the jungles of French Guiana to house some of ...

By announcing on Saturday the creation of a 60-bed high-security wing within the future Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni prison, ...

France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and radicalised Islamists near a former penal ...

The €400 million high-security jail will be built in France's overseas region of French Guiana in South America.

France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s ...

France is set to construct a high-security prison in French Guiana. This move aims to isolate dangerous criminals, including ...

In an interview carried by Le Journal du Dimanche on Saturday, French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin revealed that he plans ...

France will build a high-security prison in the Amazon to isolate drug lords and gang leaders amid rising violence in ...

France’s plan to build a €400 million high-security prison in the Amazonian town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has triggered fierce backlash from French Guiana’s leaders. Touted as a tool against ...

French government announces plans to construct a maximum-security prison in French Guiana to house the most dangerous ...

The facility in French Guiana, a territory north of Brazil, is intended for high-profile criminals such as drug kingpins and ...