Question 28667 — places of deprivation of liberty

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Mr. Jean-Christophe Lagarde draws the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the measures to protect prison staff against covid-19. Indeed, penitentiary establishments, by their nature, expose staff and prisoners to an increased risk of spreading the virus. At the start of the confinement period, the prison administration had given instructions not to use masks, since at the time considered unnecessary. Agents wearing such protections were then ordered to remove them under penalty of sanctions. However, agents in contact with the penal population have continually requested the supply of protective masks. This supply finally took place after the filing of an interim order with the Council of State by the union representatives of prison staff on March 27, 2020, in order to enjoin the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Justice to apply protective measures for agents working in the prison environment. The next day, the management of the prison administration ordered the deployment of masks for all prison staff. This rapid availability seems to indicate that the masks were already present in the establishments, but that their supply was not authorized. Unfortunately, staff in permanent or occasional contact with the prison population only have one surgical mask per six-hour shift, when two are needed. Likewise, agents on night duty do not have this type of protection and are therefore likely to contaminate each other. While overcrowding and promiscuity within penitentiary establishments raise concerns about need to avoid a health and security crisis in these places, it seems essential to protect the agents working there as effectively and as quickly as possible. Also, he asks him to shed light on this situation by specifying in particular the reasons why it was necessary to wait for the referral to the Council of State so that prison staff could benefit from the protection of masks necessary for good exercise of its missions.

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