The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls along with his Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas visited Nimes on Monday to witness the scale of the problem. The Local · 8 Aug 2016, 15:48Published: 08 Aug 2016 15:48 GMT+02:00France’s Prime Minister has vowed to solve the problem of the country’s record-breaking number of prisoners, but some say more jails are not the answer. The Prime Minister vowed that a plan to deal with the record number of inmates will be announced in the autumn. France’s prisons system is in crisis, mainly due to the fact that it has more inmates in its jails than ever before. Adeline Hazan France’s prisons chief warned that extra places in prisons does not mean a solution to the longstanding issue.

Source: The Local August 08, 2016 14:15 UTC