Ten Escape Paris-Vincennes Detention Center as Manhunt Continues

Overview

• Ten detainees fled through a smoke-extraction hatch at the Vincennes center around 1 a.m. Monday, according to the Paris prosecutor.
• Police caught three near the facility, and seven remain at large.
• Prosecutors opened a flagrant-delict investigation into the breakout.
• The center holds non-citizens facing expulsion, with detention capped at 90 days, or 180 days for terrorism cases.
• The Vincennes site, which houses more than 200 people across three buildings, has drawn reports of rats, rusted pipes, poor insulation, widespread use of sleeping pills, and a suicide in November 2024.