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Release of 40 radicalised inmates is 'major risk' to France

Prosecutor said 20 prisoners of this profile are to be released in 2018 and 20 in 2019, and called for police, state and intelligence services action.

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Forty radicalised prisoners set to leave French prisons over the next 18 months pose "a major risk", the country's leading counter-terrorism prosecutor has said, reports euronews.

Around 20 prisoners of this profile are to be released in 2018 and a further 20 in 2019, François Molins told BFMTV.

He called for police, intelligence services and authorities to take action.

Molins said the problem lay with "people who are not at all repentant at the end of their sentence", who may even be "more radical" after their time inside.

"We need to do a lot more talking to ensure that they are properly monitored which requires thorough work between the prison administration, the intelligence services, the prefectures, those working in the judicial system and the prosecutor's office," he added.

More than 1,200 people, currently imprisoned for crimes unrelated to terrorism, are considered to have become radicalised behind bars in France, according to LCI.

Read more of this report from euronews.