France
France: everyday madness
Testimonial
"These two photos were my first introduction to prison life"
Insights
Focus
Europe
Material conditions
Facilities
France
“I had barely taken a step inside when a rat jumped out of the toilet bowl and landed on my feet…”
Thierry Chantegret is a photographer. He joined, in 2021, the team of the Controller-General for Places of Deprivation of Liberty (CGLPL). He comments, for Prison Insider, two of his photos.
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Europe
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Facilities
Overcrowding
France
Thierry Chantegret is a photographer with the French National Preventive Mechanism team. He spoke with us about the role of photography, his approach, and how he gets down to the facts.
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France: in search of meaning
Testimonial
Women
Europe
Activities
Social ties
Religion
France
Sakina is a Muslim chaplain in prison. She guides female prisoners in their religious practice. Ramadan, daily organiszation, work on self-esteem… She tells us all about it
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France
The French National Union for Families and Friends of People Suffering Mental Illness and/or Psychological Disability (Unafam) offers several approaches that could improve the treatment of people with mental illness who have committed offences. The European Court of Human Rights and the European Co…
Source — Unafam
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France: walling up madness
Analysis
Europe
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
France
France has 187 prisons. Since 1994, prison health care falls under the authority of the Ministry of Health. Prison mental healthcare was the subject of a major reform in 2002.
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Europe
Health
Mental health
Suicide
France
Fresnes, Fleury-Mérogis, la Santé: for 25 years, Cyrille Canetti witnessed the shift of prison psychiatry. (Critical) interview about psychiatry and prison.
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Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Mental health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
France
The Controller-General for Places of Deprivation of Liberty feels ‘useful everywhere’. One year after taking office, Dominique Simonnot responds to our questions in a candid interview.
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“Hearing the sounds of the city”
Interview
Facilities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
France
Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”.
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Park closed
Analysis
Facilities
Alternatives
France
“Quiet, we’re closed “ Marc Uhry thinks about the shrinking of freedom. Free rein on city, prison and confinement.
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Material conditions
Facilities
Alternatives
Work
France
Does having a prison in a region represent a money-making venture? Does it generate jobs? Does it increase the total amount of funds granted to a municipality? The point of view of Isabelle Leroux.
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France: place for security
Interview
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
France
The increase in resources allocated to the prison administration is mainly focused on creating new prison places, to the detriment of reintegration. Organisations are outraged by this.
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Roland: “Great. This again.”
Testimonial
Coronavirus
Health
Facilities
Rehabilitation
France
Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.
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