# France’s Justice minister has announced the country will build a new high-security prison in French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists. Gérald Darmanin told a French newspaper the prison would target organised crime “at all levels” of the drug supply chain. It was announced after a series of violent incidents in recent months which saw prisons and staff targeted across France. According to AFP the facility for 500 people could open as early as 2028 and will be built in an isolated location deep in the Amazon jungle.
France to open high-security prison in Amazon jungle