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The state of France's prisons (part 2)

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Christophe Robeet interviews Mahalia Grillot, probation officer and member of the CGT Prison Officers Union; Stéphanie Djian, deputy director of the International Observatory on Prisons (French section); Claude Brulant, member of the European Association for the Defense of Human Rights; and Fernando Navarro, journalist and founder of Europa451.fr.

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Program prepared by Narimène Laouadi and Renaud Lefort.
 

 

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