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France's Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin (R) looks at a board during the presentation of the project for the future Cite du Ministere de la Justice in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, on May 18, 2025. On May 17, 2025, the French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin announced that a 500-place high-security prison would be opened by 2028 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in the heart of the Guiana jungle, to house prisoners serving the longest sentences for drug trafficking as well as radicalised inmates. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) (Photo by RONAN LIETAR/AFP via Getty Images)

France's Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin (R) looks at a board during the presentation of the project for the future Cite du Ministere de la Justice in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, on May 18, 2025. On May 17, 2025, the French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin announced that a 500-place high-security prison would be opened by 2028 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in the heart of the Guiana jungle, to house prisoners serving the longest sentences for drug trafficking as well as radicalised inmates. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) (Photo by RONAN LIETAR/AFP via Getty Images)