A banner reading "dead prison" hangs outside La Santé prison ... he was returned to jail from a court hearing in Rouen. How the France police van ambush and prisoner escape unfolded But across ...

Two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush ... from passing bus Roadblocks have been set up across north-west France, with police following up on every tip-off.

France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country's top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars. However some ...