Gérald Darmanin announces the arrival of “forty” prisoners “in the next few hours”

The first prisoner transfers will begin in the evening from Tuesday to Wednesday at the high-security prison in Condé-sur-Sarthe (Orne), the second to enter service after the Vendin-le-Vieil prison.

Gérald Darmanin announced Tuesday, November 11 on TF1 the arrival of the first prisoners “in the next few hours“in the reinforced security area of ​​the high security prison in Condé-sur-Sarthe (Orne). They will “About forty“before the beginning of December, and”all one hundred“, stressed the Minister of Justice.

This is the second prison to enter service after Vendin-le-Vieil prison in July. The Minister of Justice determined that these were people “either convicted, or on trial“belonging to organized crime.”Drug dealers, but also people who traffic in humans, pimps, illegal immigrants, tobacco.“

Gérald Darmanin recalled that Vendin-le-Vieil prison cost four million euros, while Condé-sur-Sarthe prison cost five million euros. Four more centers will open next, Réau (Seine-et-Marne) in June 2026. Others will follow in Valence (Drôme), Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in Guyana, in 2028. According to the Minister of Justice, 500 people are classified as extremely dangerous.