France Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Sunday (18) the country’s plan to build a maximum security in the Amazon rainforest within the territory of French Guiana.
The project, which is to be executed near the scene of the famous Criminal Criminal of the devil – which inspired the 1973 film “Papillon”, inspired by Steve McQueen – caused great repercussions not only among residents and authorities of the French overseas territory, but also among netizens, including Brazil.
So far, some images of the project have been released. Look:
According to Darmanin, the installation would house heads of drug trafficking and Islamic radicals. It must be built in Saint-Laurent-Du-Maroni, on the border of French Guiana with Suriname, and will have a capacity of 500 detainees, including 60 maximum security prisoners.
Speaking to journalists, Darmanin said the new prison would help alleviate prison overcrowding in French Guiana, and respond to the growing threat of drug trafficking in the territory.
French Guiana is an important traffic point for South American cocaine on the way to European markets, he said.
Conflicts between organized crime gangs mean that the territory has a homicide rate of 18.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 1.2 per 100,000 in continental France, according to the affiliate of CNN BFMTV.
There are already 49 high -ranking drug traffickers in custody in French Guiana and other French overseas territories, Darmanin said, adding that these “extremely dangerous” prisoners are not being kept in adequate safety conditions.
The complex, which will also house a court, will cost a total of 400 million euros ($ 451 million), Darmanin said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
This content was originally published in see images of what France’s arrest should be in the Amazon rainforest on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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