Tag: remand
The prison controller considers the living conditions at the Perpignan remand center to be “unworthy”
“Endemic overcrowding”, “humiliation of detainees”, “ubiquitous smell of cat urine”: the general controller of places of deprivation of liberty (CGLPL) asks the government to quickly improve the conditions of detention…
Investigation after the death of an inmate at the Brest remand center
An investigation was opened after a detainee of Tunisian nationality was discovered dead on Saturday at the remand center in Brest, we learned on Sunday from a judicial source. “The…
Seysses remand center saturates, guards ask for more resources
For several years, the Seysses remand center, south of Toulouse, has been “overcrowded”, accommodating more prisoners than the places provided. Without the means of the administration following according to the…
second suicide in three days at the Nantes remand center
He was found hanged in his cell shortly before 8 p.m. A 36-year-old man committed suicide on Saturday evening in the disciplinary district at the Nantes remand center, we learned…
remand after paintball shooting at police
A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody on Friday before his trial in September for injuring a policeman in the eye with a paintball ball in July, we learned from…
remand of a young man suspected of having killed an old friend
He is suspected of killing an old friend with a shotgun. A 25-year-old man was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention, the Béthune prosecutor’s office in Pas-de-Calais said…
Justice (again) seized for the unworthy conditions of detainees at the Seysses remand center
Cockroaches all over the place, single cells that house three inmates. The picture is far from idyllic at the Seysses remand center which has more than 1,000 detainees for an…
fire at the Pau remand center
Late Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out at the Pau remand center after an inmate set fire to his cell, indicates the Pyrénées-Atlantiques prefecture. Thanks to the “rapid intervention” of…
hostage-taking in progress at the Condé-sur-Sarthe remand center
Things returned to normal at Condé-sur-Sarthe prison, around 2 p.m., after a hostage-taking in the morning. An inmate, Sofiane Rasmouk, sentenced to life for rape and attempted murder, assaulted and…
A cluster of around forty inmates at the remand center
After the detection of an epidemic focus last week, a new screening campaign organized in recent days revealed around 40 cases of Covid-19 among inmates of the Angoulême remand center…