"Unacceptable". It is the adjective used by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe to describe the living conditions in French prisons. In its report released yesterday, Thomas Hammarberg denounced the "overpopulation", the "promiscuity", the "dilapidated facilities and poor hygiene. For him, "the high number of suicides in French prisons is a symptom" of these "deficiencies".
Severity. The commissioner visited France in May 2008. Two and a half years after the visit of his predecessor Alvaro Gil Robles, who said he never saw "worse" than the French prisons, "except in Moldova. Things do not seem to have improved since. The security policy pursued by Nicolas Sarkozy and the series of repressive laws adopted concern the Commissioner. He regretted that "tougher sentences" exacerbates overcrowding. It is alarmed at the treatment of persons suffering from mental disorders, "more and more in prison. The current severity seemed even more inappropriate for minors. This will not solve the problem of juvenile delinquency, he insists.
It is also very critical of the law on the retention of security, which keeps inmates locked up after the end of their sentences.
The Commissioner also denounced immigration policy, including the fate of the children of illegal aliens. Noting that administrative detention center of Mayotte - antechamber before the expulsion - they are mixed with adults or, conversely, escort to the border without their parents. And in the mainland, "the presence of children accompanying their parents in detention centers has increased." Hence a risk of "irreparable injury". Hammarberg also described as "intolerable" the arrests of foreign children in the school premises. And considers that the policy of "quotas to keep illegal immigrants raises serious issues of human rights". He fears that this may push the police to make more arrests with sometimes questionable methods. "
Precariousness. On Travelers and Roma, the commissioner is concerned about the difficulties of educating children. The first to cause problems with parking of caravans. The latter because their parents live in a very precarious and may at any time to be expelled under the guise of pseudo-humanitarian returns.
Severity. The commissioner visited France in May 2008. Two and a half years after the visit of his predecessor Alvaro Gil Robles, who said he never saw "worse" than the French prisons, "except in Moldova. Things do not seem to have improved since. The security policy pursued by Nicolas Sarkozy and the series of repressive laws adopted concern the Commissioner. He regretted that "tougher sentences" exacerbates overcrowding. It is alarmed at the treatment of persons suffering from mental disorders, "more and more in prison. The current severity seemed even more inappropriate for minors. This will not solve the problem of juvenile delinquency, he insists.
It is also very critical of the law on the retention of security, which keeps inmates locked up after the end of their sentences.
The Commissioner also denounced immigration policy, including the fate of the children of illegal aliens. Noting that administrative detention center of Mayotte - antechamber before the expulsion - they are mixed with adults or, conversely, escort to the border without their parents. And in the mainland, "the presence of children accompanying their parents in detention centers has increased." Hence a risk of "irreparable injury". Hammarberg also described as "intolerable" the arrests of foreign children in the school premises. And considers that the policy of "quotas to keep illegal immigrants raises serious issues of human rights". He fears that this may push the police to make more arrests with sometimes questionable methods. "
Precariousness. On Travelers and Roma, the commissioner is concerned about the difficulties of educating children. The first to cause problems with parking of caravans. The latter because their parents live in a very precarious and may at any time to be expelled under the guise of pseudo-humanitarian returns.
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