Deep in the Amazon jungle, France plans to open a $450 million high-security prison to isolate drug lords and radical Islamists—turning a notorious former penal colony into a fortress for modern ...

Which European countries have rented foreign prison cells? France is not the first country to explore this option. Between 2010 and 2016, Belgium rented 680 prison places in the Dutch town of Tilburg.

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the ...

France’s criminal networks are so powerful and brazen that they have even started attacking the prisons holding their compatriots. Vehicles have been set aflame, and shootings directed at prison ...