(FILES) Prison officers walk in a corridor of the third organised crime unit (drug-trafficking district) during a press tour at Reau Prison, near Paris on July 30, 2026. French prisons held 89,446 inmates as of July 1, 2026, a new record amidst chronic overcrowding, according to official Ministry of Justice statistics consulted by AFP on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)