In a room of the Marseille court. (drawing) – BERTRAND LANGLOIS / AFP
It is officially a mission elevated to the rank of a great national cause … but which is struggling to materialize, according to the prosecutors of the Republic of Marseille, Tarascon and Aix-en-Provence. In a common and somewhat scathing press release, Dominique Laurence, Laurent Gumbau and Achille Kiriakides deplore the lack of resources allocated to them to be able to fight against feminicides. “The prison protects a time, but after …”, wonder in chorus these three prosecutors of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
And to deplore a glaring lack of means to carry out their missions on these subjects: “We need multidisciplinary care to avoid recidivism, to effectively protect victims. The observation is that today there are insufficient police officers to handle these investigations. The observation is that today there are insufficient judges to guide these cases finely. The observation is that today there are insufficient integration and probation counselors to ensure effective monitoring of convicts. “
“From tomorrow, the prosecution must be provided with additional human resources, at least specialized assistants or legal assistants, to accomplish their mission in this area”, claim the three prosecutors in this text.