France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon ...

France's prison service said Saturday it had launched an investigation after a man escaped by smuggling himself into his cellmate's bag as he left jail, having served his sentence. The man was ...

A man has escaped from a prison in France by hiding in a laundry bag belonging to his cellmate who was being released after finishing his sentence, an official told local media.

Which European countries have rented foreign prison cells? France is not the first country to explore this option. Between 2010 and 2016, Belgium rented 680 prison places in the Dutch town of Tilburg.

A 20-year-old inmate orchestrated a daring escape from Corbas prison near Lyon by hiding in his cellmate's bag upon release, prompting a nationwide manhunt. The fugitive, implicated in organized ...