The major French prison at Fleury-Mérogis is currently housing inmates at 180% of its capacity, and suffers from a staff shortage. After a recent burst of violence against the guards by the prisoners, the guards staged a protest demonstration and blocked the road to the prison.

Neither the following TV news report nor the article below it mention cultural enrichment as a factor in the problems at Fleury-Mérogis. However, one may assume that the prison population there, just as in the rest of Western Europe, is overwhelmingly made up of Third World migrants and their descendants — especially given the number of Muslims who now reside in France.

In the video you’ll notice that one of the protesting guards is a black African, which further complicates the ethnic picture at the prison.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

The article below, also translated by Ava Lon, is from F. DeSouche:

Fleury-Mérogis: 350 angry guards block the biggest prison in Europe by Koba

April 10, 2017 More than 350 prison guards blocked the prison in Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne) on Monday night to protest the recent assault of six guards in the largest prison in Europe, undermined by prison overcrowding and lack of personnel. The demonstrators, with placards reading “Fire, penance burns”, “Overpopulation, understaffing, danger” and some inviting presidential candidates to visit them, set up barricades from 7:30pm on the only route that leads to the prison, said an AFP journalist. The facility is currently filled to 180% of its capacity. It houses more than 4,200 detainees, and nearly 150 staffing posts are vacant, according to trade unions. “The situation is simply unbearable. This aggression is the straw that broke the camel’s back”, said Olivier Legentil, of the union UFAP-UNSa Justice (majority). On Thursday, six prison guards were wounded by eight minors during an altercation between detainees that degenerated into a fight. from Le Point

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