With a decision of 22 April 2026, the Amsterdam District Court decided to stay surrender to France due to poor conditions of detention According to a circular issued by the prison administration on 17 May 1988, the French prison system affords detainees with generous living space. But this is only true on paper. In practice, France is facing a serious prison overcrowding crisis, which is at once structural and worsening. This has long been denounced by international monitorin