France's justice minister is transferring 100 of the country’s most dangerous inmates to a high-security prison to prevent them from running criminal operations from behind bars.

The notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year has been extradited to France from Romania.

A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France after a daring escape from a prison convoy in Normandy in which two guards were killed.

A massive search is underway in France for a gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to free an inmate they were escorting.