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

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

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

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

Deep in the Amazon jungle, France plans to open a $450 million high-security prison to isolate drug lords and radical ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana, sparking an outcry among ...