47 h. ago French prisoner who escaped jail in fellow inmate's bag arrested after three

The manhunt for the 20-year-old inmate who escaped from the Corbas prison by hiding in the laundry bag of his cellmate is finally over

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62 h. ago French prisoner rearrested days after escape in cellmate’s laundry bag

Officers did not notice inmate’s disappearance for 24 hours, amid overcrowding across France’s prison systemA prisoner who escaped from a French jail hidden in a laundry bag has been rearrested, authorities have said, amid a continuing debate over prison security and overcrowding.Elyazid A, 20, known as “the Joker” or “the Equaliser”, was detained early on Monday morning as he emerged from a cellar in a village about 15 miles (25km) from Lyon-Corbas, the prison from which he escaped on Friday. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Prisoner’s escape in cellmate’s laundry bag fuels overcrowding debate in France

Officers did not notice inmate’s disappearance for 24 hours, amid overcrowding across France’s prison systemA prisoner who escaped from a French jail hidden in a laundry bag has been rearrested, authorities have said, amid a continuing debate over prison security and overcrowding.Elyazid A, 20, known as “the Joker” or “the Equaliser”, was detained early on Monday morning as he emerged from a cellar in a village about 15 miles (25km) from Lyon-Corbas, the prison from which he escaped on Friday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Probe launched after French inmate escaped jail by 'hiding in the luggage of fellow prisoner' as they left

Police are investigating after the man got out of the Lyon-Corbas prison in south-east France on Friday.

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3 d. ago Inmate escapes from French prison by hiding in bag of released cellmate

Prison service reportedly launches investigation into incident as director admits to ‘accumulation of errors’

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8 d. ago Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on powerIn the visitors’ area in the courtyard of Kondengui maximum security prison, French-dubbed Nollywood films play on a TV as inmates and their guests hug each other and laugh. The green, red and yellow flag of Cameroon flutters above.The happy picture in this corner of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, belies the prison’s dark status as ground zero of Paul Biya’s five-decade crackdown on dissent in the central African country. Thousands of people have been detained and tortured here as Biya, who turned 92 this year, seeks to keep Cameroon under his grip. Continue reading...

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