Given that the the incarceration rate in the US is more than six time the rate in France (https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd

Given that the the incarceration rate in the US is more than six time the rate in France (https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rat...), and the US population is much larger in absolute number, you wouldn't expect to hear as many stories, even assuming the French system is just as bad.