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At Rennes prison, the district dedicated to radicalized women welcomes its first inmates

2021-09-07T11:16:49.529Z


The first detainees from the Radicalization Support District (QPR) arrived on Monday, September 6 at the Rennes penitentiary center, ...


The first detainees from the Radicalization Support District (QPR) arrived Monday September 6 at the Rennes penitentiary, a device which aims to "

disengage

" these women from Islamist violence, AFP learned on Tuesday September 7th. with the prison administration.

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"The

first two inmates arrived yesterday (Monday),

" the West Interregional Prison Directorate told AFP.

This new unit should accommodate six inmates in September, before a new arrival of inmates at the end of the year or at the beginning of the year 2022. In the longer term, the device will be able to accommodate 29 inmates.

"

A first in France and in Europe

"

This device is presented by the prison administration as "

a first in France and in Europe

", said in July, during an open visit to the QPR press, Véronique Sousset, director of the prison for women in Rennes, more large establishment in the French penitentiary park exclusively for women, with nearly 200 inmates.

Since 2016, the prison administration has already opened QPRs, but for men, now numbering six. This new QPR in Rennes is made up of cells that are away from “

ordinary

prisoners

, in particular to avoid any proselytism. The fifteen people assigned to watch the neighborhood, where work was carried out in this prison built in the 19th century, are all volunteers and have received specific training for three weeks.

The furniture (bed, wardrobe, WC) is sealed for security-related issues while six Islamist attacks have taken place in French prisons since that of Osny (Val d'Oise) in 2016. All cell openings s 'perform by a pair.

These new prisoners will have a program combining actions on disengagement from violence, work on self-esteem, sport, workshop on the place of women in society or even meetings with mediators of the religious fact.

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The passage in a QPR is for a period of six months, renewable, knowing that the first assessments of the QPR among men showed that the work of "

disengagement

" must generally last 18 months to bear fruit, before a return to detention. ordinary, according to the prison administration.

Source: lefigaro

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