PARIS (Reuters) - The head of a French jail where an al Qaeda inmate wounded three guards in a scissors attack resigned on Monday as security staff at several prisons protested, saying they no longer have the staff or clout to contain ultra-dangerous convicts.
Riot police broke up a picket at the notoriously overcrowded Fresnes jail on the outskirts of Paris, the country's second-biggest, and guards staged similar protests at prisons in the north and south of France. The CGT labour union said half of 188 French jails were affected by the protests.