A deradicalisation programme is being tested in France, where 70 percent of the prison population is estimated to be Muslim.
However, the trial – which in part cordons off inmates considered to hold ‘radical’ views – has drawn some criticism.
One prison guard unionist told Al Jazeera: “We fear that they form a hard stone … I feel that what we’re doing this in Fresnes may spread ideologies.”
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