France’s most famous robber, Redoine Faïd, convicted a month ago for his spectacular escape from Réaux prison in 2018, knows that he “will spend a lot of time in prison”. He will be released in 2060 and will then be 88 years old. Thirty-seven years in prison that the king of beauty would like to spend “while keeping his mental faculties”, reports The Parisian while Redoine Faïd contests his conditions of detention this Thursday at the administrative court.
Placed in solitary confinement since 2011, Redoine Faïd has faced particularly careful management by the prison administration since the end of his 2018 run. The detainee is regularly changed cells, regularly woken up at night, strip searched before and after visiting rooms during which no physical contact is permitted.