A rare look inside France's prison system

[@CP-dd8hk]

He earned a driver's license in there? how?

[@rahmspinat]

by learning how to drive. goodbye america.

[@polishpat95]

@@rahmspinat lol

[@polishpat95]

@@rahmspinat I'm pretty sure he meant "how did he drive a car" Smartass lmao

[@tammyl6909]

@@polishpat95 by testing on a secured road. surprise surprise?

[@bodyloverz30]

@@tammyl6909 Why would they allow this in prison: would this only add to the risk of escape?

[@NigelThornbery]

3:01 a prisoner having a baguette in their cell is the most French thing I’ve ever seen.

[@Dmv216661]

We need to have prisons and jails like this in the US. Ones that are focused around rehabilitation, ones that give you a chance and try to teach you what you need to learn to function correctly in society, if every prison and jail took this attitude to some degree wed almost definitely have way less crime

[@CamoKKing]

exactly, the prison system in America doesn't teach the prisoner how to be better but makes them worse.

[@polishpat95]

No hope for america

[@onlyincompetentsbelieveing9460]

The prison system in America is just a business we need to abolish private prisons and focus on public prisons.

[@chinggiskhan6678]

Yeah true. But hopefully since Trump has essentially taken control of the Republican party with his 27% approval rating, maybe some change can be made.

[@maggi5770]

agree but that will never happen !!!

[@matthewjackson9615]

I know this game. It's always the same old PR nonsense that nobody believes - "We're doing things differently now in our penal systems and look at the swell results we're seeing". Yeah, right.

[@concong4183]

The French are notorious for punishing prisoners. They build the "best" prisons in the world. I've never been in prison but France would be the last place I would want to be a prisoner in.

[@nasaruddinajare9926]

WOW!! Great examples for the world on handling prisons in better and far better way...

[@krimo5311]

LOL

[@katiejensen5547]

It's interesting to see this because this is luxurious in comparison to US prisons. You have zero rights and priveleges in the US prison system.

[@Don-qb1vi]

this is a low security prison. No one rarely gets to see the hardcore prisoners in France. Also, your statement that you have zero rights and privileges is a blatant lie. Not defending the US prison system or anything, but seriously that statement is so untrue.

[@nonyabiznessses102]

It is luxurious compared to MANY united states prisons. Where were you locked up? It varies a bit. You do lose many things once you go to jail, but it does depend upon which prison, which state, the severity of the crime, how you behave. Not defending the US, the prison system is corrupt, but it is likely worse in most of the rest of the world.

[@ippo3963]

@@Don-qb1vi my sister was in jail in France same goes for my uncle and the have free 3 meal their weed tv with cable junk food... basicaly anything they want even hooker

[@baptistebrigand5882]

@@ippo3963 yes but you have to pay for his lol

[@chinggiskhan6678]

@@Don-qb1vi I would prefer to spend a year in a max security prison in France than spend a week in a minimum security prison in the USA.

[@Vierotchka]

There's a word for "repeat offences" - it is "recividism".

[@00Andreas00]

Recidivism

[@ph11p3540]

This is a low or medium security prison. It's no maximum or super max prison.

[@CamoKKing]

of course not, any maximum-security prison wouldnt be like this, its meant to keep seriously evil people inside.

[@chinggiskhan6678]

France doesn't have any supermax prisons...

[@charliemcgee9803]

There is only one supermax in america. Its in colorado, and its where ted kazinski (the unibomber) is. Its reserved for terrorists and alike.

[@ph11p3540]

@@charliemcgee9803 ADX is the first all dedicated SuperMax. Other US maximum security prison systems also have their equivalent of a super max or level 5 prison. Pelican Bay Special Handling Unit comes to mind. It has no outward facing windows, anti helicopter landing posts, and intensive lockdowns like those at ADX that can run on for years or even permanently.

[@charliemcgee9803]

@@ph11p3540 huh. Cool.

[@Kev58]

I try not to make comparisons because mostly all prisons are awful, but Antananarivo prison in Madagascar is the most horrific prison I've learned about. I'll never go to Madagascar

[@christopherjames375]

Finding out WHY people commit crime .looking into their backgrounds .and housing .help when released .housing .managing money .education .training .advise with work interviews .made 2 feel part of the community .all these things need to be addressed

[@biggsleezy]

they don't even wear uniforms, the inmates

[@manelleh.9357]

Yes they don't, we consider that dehumanisation here.

[@Wellch]

@@manelleh.9357 how do you recognize them from visitors?

[@flopunkt3665]

@@Wellch visitors don't walk around in there. There are rooms where inmates and visitors gather.

[@jackesioto]

And they get to keep their personal posessions!

[@KalashVodka175]

@@jackesioto Not all. It's a strict checkup system at entry, some items are blacklisted (obviously phones, knives, metallic objects etc)

[@pamelamartin8464]

It's so organized and clean.

[@Vierotchka]

France has the worst prisons in Europe, and among the very worst one is Les Baumettes in Marseilles where conditions are absolutely abominable on all levels.

[@Kim-tr5op]

how come? why is france so bad compared to the rest of EU?

[@cowboy8555]

@@mutsis940 not as bad as Italian prisons

[@MikeJ2023]

Vierotchka I just read the Book Catch me If You Can and the way they describe the French prison is absolutely inhumane.

[@baptistebrigand5882]

@@Kim-tr5op french prisons have the highest suicide rate of all the european union

[@Wellch]

How about the US?

[@hibomohamed7710]

Court tv ABC wanted an bail request order form from Mansour Noir. He is a prison guard called Noir in Marsalis.

[@007cheeesepuff5]

Meanwhile in San Quentin...

[@pedroleite8788]

That's like a 5 stars hotel compared to the brazilian penitentiary system. Here there are 800.000 inmates, no cells, no food, no water, no dignity.

[@thekillingorc8079]

quelles belles vacances! où m'inscrire?

[@annetteslife]

Was I hallucinating or was their a bottle of whiskey in that one prison cell? You would never see that in any American or Canadian prison?

[@alainackbares8396]

Its not whyski

[@yasminachercki6537]

Its not whyski

[@chinggiskhan6678]

Are you drunk?

[@BawonSkezo]

in some jails they have TV and can smoke daily in front of the cops

[@jackesioto]

Compared to most American prisons, even county jails, this is a luxury resort! No inmate uniforms, prisoners get to keep most of the possessions they came in with, far fewer prison fights, etc.

[@motownkid7382]

Hi , TMZ staff .....Chris Brown new crib?

[@syracusegrenville7854]

SEEMS VERY HUMANE AND RATIONAL IN VIEW OF THE WORLDS PROBLEMS

[@liamgarcia9408]

Why are you typing in full caps?

[@WarriorKeller]

So this is where Varg from Burzum was locked up ?

[@lawrencehobson6848]

America couldn't do this because the level of an offender in America is much different.. and of course, drugs. Are they drug testing these guys that come in and out?? In America I'm sure at least half would test positive for drugs or alcohol the first week they're allowed out, if not trying to bring it back into the prison itself

[@stewarthelms1]

Wow! Come on over to Pelican Bay and they’ll really know prison

[@Anton_Grunin]

Больше на русскую тюрьму похоже. Теперь и за границу как-то уже не сильно хочется.

[@Javi4610]

From a Colombian perspective, French jails are 5 stars hotels

[@nonyabiznessses102]

Or, when someone is convicted, they are put on a large barge style boat, the type they sail out into the ocean to dump trash. boat would hold a few hundred prisoners. Boat gets into international waters, and the guards and the sailors get off onto another boat. Prisoners are now free, but never allowed to ever again come to France. Cuba did this. works.

[@avinoamneuwald1296]

What if some are innocent or there crimes don't fit the punishment

[@onlyincompetentsbelieveing9460]

too expensive

[@chinggiskhan6678]

This doesn't solve anything.

[@jackesioto]

Or maybe reopen Devil's Island

[@KalashVodka175]

@@avinoamneuwald1296 Then they have an opportunity to prove their innocence from outside a prison wall!

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Wondering

[@HollywoodUndead1509]

I mean u think that's bad. Check out America's overcrowding.

[@chinggiskhan6678]

America is such a low bar that most countries(probably like 95%) go over it. 18 Million Americans live in absolute poverty. The only countries which are considered worse than it are really, really poor, like Chad or Niger(or really authoritarian like North Korea), which is why Americans always compare their conditions to those countries to feel better.

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

2 jet factories

[@erzsebetnilsson580]

3.10 if they live like that for 20 years they got in to the habit and when they leave hopefully get this in for to continue

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Just like that

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Now I am

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Plus every oil company

[@dheerajhazarika1836]

Great reforms

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Jet factory

[@JB-hl1qx]

Beats the guillotine!

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Paris France steals my ?

[@christopherjames375]

The key 2 it all.is education and training .also help when u leave .letting some 1 out .with 5p £ in their pocket .bye .bound to fail .no help with housing .Work. family .bank account .driving .regular check ups .also help.to make u feel part of the community .in the 1980 s .3 to a cell .a bucket as a toilet .no tv .shower once a week .men leave .bitter and twisted .with a big chip on their shoulder .BOUND TO FAIL .

[@anitadejtsch92]

Italy goooöoooooooöooooooooooooooooo

[@DavidDavid-ip1xf]

Nadia is fit

[@wes2262]

Prisons in France look great! Maybe I should go to Paris and try to rob a bank. Oh, no, take me away officer 👮‍♀️ Wink, wink 😉

[@baptistebrigand5882]

french prisons have the highest suicide rate of all the european union

[@antoniogarciagracia4683]

If a foreigner commits a serious crime in France, they are deported. So I don't recommend it.

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Gone

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

Stolen

[@a.m-j2474]

"A rare look inside France prison system" Wow ! We don't care !

[@Golem.8088]

You're on a channel dedicated to France. I suggest a smart move: if you ain't into a topic don't go where it's discussed.

[@chinggiskhan6678]

@@Golem.8088 He's an American who's salty that France has a much better prison system.

[@dinarachel7]

@@chinggiskhan6678 Wrong 😑- not American- just look at his channel

[@mikefontaine9773]

Dangerous people in your country. Way to go France