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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 ...

Controversial jail aims to isolate drug lords and terrorists amid growing crime concerns This handout released in May 2025 by the French Ministry of Justice shows a 3D visual of the future prison ...

French Guiana. HANDOUT / AFP 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 ...

Justice minister Gérald Darmanin attended the unveiling of the future judicial complex project in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, on May 18, 2025. RONAN LIETAR/AFP Penal colony 2.0?

French Guiana – France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and radicalised Islamists near a former penal colony in its overseas department of French Guiana ...

The country's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday. France plans to build a high-security prison in the Amazon as part of ...