Prison inmate mails own severed finger to French minister

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PARIS: An inmate in the French jail has mailed partial of his own severed finger to the justice apportion anticipating the unfortunate gesture would assistance his plea to be changed to an additional prison, officials pronounced upon Thursday.

An envelope containing the chunk of finger was delivered upon Thursday to the offices of justice apportion Christiane Taubira, accompanied by the minute arguing for the send to the jail nearer to the inmate's family, the police official said.

A justice ministry orator confirmed the square of finger had been delivered. "It's the sad affair, there have been many inmates asking for transfers," pronounced orator Olivier Pedro-Jose.

French jails have been plagued by overcrowding, with the jail population hitting the record 67,000 this year compared to around 50,000 the decade ago, according to Justice Ministry figures.

Taubira, the Socialist, says she wants to plunge into overcrowding though has been indicted by center-right domestic opponents of taking advantage of laxist stances upon sentencing as well as alternative law-and-order issues.

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