Islamic terrorists among hundreds of radicalized prisoners to walk free next year – French minister
Published time: 7 Jun, 2018 10:04
Edited time: 7 Jun, 2018 12:46
Islamic terrorists among hundreds of radicalized prisoners to walk free next year – French minister
General view of the courtyard of the prison of Villepinte / Reuters
About 450 radicalized detainees, including 50 Islamic terrorists, will walk free by the end of 2019 in France, the Justice Minister said. French prisons struggle with overcrowding, violence and often fail to combat radicalization.
“We have about 500 detainees who are radical Islamic terrorists. Of these 500, twenty will leave prison this year [2018] and thirty will be freed next year [2019],†Nicole Belloubet told BFMTV in an interview on Wednesday.
There are also people imprisoned for common law crimes, who were radicalized - not necessarily in prison, the minister explained. Some 30 percent of these detainees will be free in 2019. All in all, the number of radicalized detainees, including the above-mentioned 50 terrorists, who will walk free by the end of 2019, will be about 450, she concluded.
https://www.rt.com/news/428987-france-islamists-walk-free/
