Question 5582 — places of deprivation of liberty

Summary

Mrs. Gisèle Lelouis draws the attention of the Minister of State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the worrying situation of prison overcrowding, particularly at the Baumettes prison in Marseille. Indeed, with an occupancy rate of 200%, Baumettes prison clearly illustrates the national crisis of the prison system. While 76,000 prisoners share only 61,767 prison places in France, the priority of the State should be creating new places to ensure dignified and secure detention, both for prisoners and prison staff. However, far from facing the problem of prison overpopulation, the Government decides to spend millions of euros on the purchase of digital tablets for prisoners. Even more, as part of the Baumettes extension work, it is a theater which is in the process of being construction, taking up valuable space that could have allowed for the addition of additional prison spaces. This decision arouses the incomprehension of parliamentarians, local elected officials as well as prison staff and the people of Marseillais. Also, the MP asks the Minister why the Government chose a cultural project rather than significantly increasing the reception capacity of Les Baumettes. She asks him if the State intends to reverse this decision in order to give priority to the creation of prison places, the only appropriate response to the prison overcrowding to which penitentiary establishments are today victims.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.