Dominique Simonnot, the Comptroller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty, points to those responsible for the intolerable situation in French prisons. Among others, "magistrates who too often give in to the ease of locking up".
The style of the former journalist of the Canard enchaîné who frequented the courtrooms so much has lost its nuance. Since the law of 15 August 2014, the sentence of suspended imprisonment "can only be pronounced as a last resort (...) and if any other sanction is manifestly inadequate"