France’s new jungle prison
France has unveiled a €400m jungle prison in French Guiana to isolate traffickers, radicals, and dismantle criminal networks, reviving colonial-era exile strategies. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
The French government has announced a €400 million high-security prison in French Guiana aimed at isolating drug traffickers and radical Islamists.
Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin framed the move as a method to sever criminal networks, using the remote Amazon jungle site to emulate colonial-era exile tactics and reinforce state control over organised crime.
GOING FURTHER
France to open high-security prison in Amazon jungle | BBC NEWS
France to open ‘super-max’ jungle prison to combat drug trafficking | THE TIMES
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▪ This piece was first published in Europeans TODAY.
