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World Service,17 mins

Anne Sinclair: France's Overcrowded Prisons

Newshour

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Anne Sinclair reflects on France's overcrowded prison system and introduces Christian Fraser's report from Fresnes Prison near Paris. We also speak to France's justice minister Christiane Taubira about her plans to reform sentencing laws.

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