During a visit to the Paris Magistrates' Court, France’s new justice minister Gerald Darmanin says he is in favor of increased isolation for imprisoned heads of drug trafficking networks and the construction of new prisons to serve sentences of "a few weeks, a few months". "I wouldn't need more than a few extra millions to work miracles. I intend to get them. Otherwise, of course, my return to the government, the ceremonial place I've been given, makes no sense,” he tells reporters. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES