Some 17,000 people are imprisoned in France for drug trafficking and organised crime offences. The transfer of those deemed most dangerous will begin in March, with the renovated facility set to ...

Dominique Pelicot, 72, who is serving 20 years in prison for the aggravated rape of his ex-wife, Gisele Pelicot, is now being ...

FRANCE’S most notorious serial rapist has been summoned for questioning over an unsolved murder of a young woman. Dominique ...

If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine ... and was barred from leaving France. The website he created in 2003, called coco.fr, became notorious in France during the trial ...

However some unions and advocates of prison reform have expressed doubts over the initiative. Some 17,000 people are imprisoned in France for drug trafficking and organised crime offences. The ...