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 the laundry bag of another detainee who was released on Friday 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 he had escaped from on Friday. Continue reading...

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