Anne Sinclair: France's Overcrowded Prisons

Anne Sinclair reflects on France's overcrowded prison system and introduces Christian Fraser's report from Fresnes Prison near Paris. We also speak to France's justice minister Christiane Taubira about her plans to reform sentencing laws.

17 October 2013

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