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From Bingo to Bars: France Considers Retirement Homes as Prisons

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French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has proposed transforming closed nursing homes for the elderly into prison facilities, to address France’s chronic prison overcrowding. Speaking on Monday morning, June 30th, Darmanin declared his commitment to expanding the country’s correctional capacity “by any means necessary.” “Anything that can be done to requisition or carry out work to create prison places, I will do it,” Darmanin stated, supportin…

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In the face of prison overcrowding, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin spoke of several avenues to quickly create new prison places: the transformation of former Ehpad closed to accommodate the least dangerous prisoners.

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On Monday 30 June, during an interview on RTL, the Keeper of the Seals discussed several options to deal with the persistent overcrowding in prisons, including the... Read the article "Transforming closed Ehpads into prisons", Gérald Darmanin's new idea to fight prison overcrowding appeared first on Current Values.

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Invited on RTL, the Minister of Justice also assured that proposals were made to neighbouring countries to rent them prison places, in accordance with Emmanuel Macron's will.

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Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin details his plan to create new prison spaces for less dangerous prisoners on Monday, June 30th on RTL.

New series. Since the Orpea scandal, the Ehpads have been scrutinized. "Les Jours" settle in a public establishment in Montrouge to tell these lives apart.

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RTL.fr broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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