On an average week, French prisoners received 45,000 letters containing money.

The brigadier says that every prisoner may send and receive one letter a month.

A convicted prisoner usually received credit for time already served.

Some fellow prisoners, however, received a small sum credited to them.

Now they can sue for virtually any money the prisoners receive.

The bureau was unaware at the time that the prisoner had not received its letter.

The prisoner receives it in his or her hands within minutes.

For example, a male prisoner may receive a letter from his wife saying that she won't bring their children to see him anymore.

Many prisoners now receive showers and changes of clothing only once a week.

All prisoners now receive at least a skin test for the disease.