France plans to construct a high-security prison in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, targeting serious drug offenders. Announced by Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, the facility will feature 500 beds, housing high-level drug criminals and terrorists. Expected to cost â¬400 million and open by 2028, it aims to reinforce the fight against drug trafficking while addressing prison overcrowding. The prison's location near the infamous Devil's Island adds historical significance, and Darmanin emphasizes the need to prevent drug traffickers from operating within prison walls.
The facility will be constructed close to a notorious penal colony known as the Devil's Island that France operated until the 1950s.
Darmanin explained his reasoning: "What is unbearable is that prisons are no longer obstacles for most narco-traffickers to continue their trafficking..."
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