Question 14888 — places of deprivation of liberty

Summary

Mr. José Gonzalez alerts the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the alarming deterioration of security conditions in prison establishments. Indeed, on Friday April 24, 2026, a prison guard was violently attacked at the Lyon-Corbas remand center by an inmate in possession of a cell phone, an item that is strictly prohibited in detention. This extremely serious attack is part of a context of growing tension within French prisons, marked by record prison overcrowding (more than 87,000 prisoners for an occupancy rate greater than 137%) and a glaring lack of staff, with several thousand unfilled supervisory positions. These structural dysfunctions, combined with the massive circulation of illicit objects and the trivialization of violence against staff, reflect a loss manifesto of control of the prison administration over certain establishments. In this context and while the profession is mobilizing to defend greater institutional support, he asks what immediate measures the Government intends to take to guarantee the safety of prison staff, particularly in the face of an increase in attacks; what concrete actions are planned to relaunch the dynamics of recruitment in these essential professions and, finally, if the Government intends to initiate and implement in the long term, beyond the announcement effects, an emergency plan aimed at restoring State authority in all prisons.

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