The General Controller of Places of Deprivation of Liberty (CGLPL), Dominique Simonnot, issued Wednesday 56 recommendations to mitigate "
the shock of confinement
" which generates "
fear, stress, aggression and sometimes violence
" .
This "
shock
»Concerns all places subject to the CGLPL: prisons, psychiatric hospitals, administrative detention centers (CRA), closed educational centers (CEF), but also places for short stays - such as childcare facilities. sight or detention, jails and court deposits or psychiatric emergencies.
Loss of autonomy and privacy, stay in possibly dilapidated or dilapidated premises, dispossession of personal effects, rupture of ties with relatives, uncertainties about the duration and outcome of confinement, over-occupation of the space , lack of information are all factors of the "
shock of confinement
", warns the report.
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Concerning the premises of police custody, the CGLPL considers that these places leave traces on the imprisoned people "
because of the lack of hygiene, the faulty maintenance and the over-occupation of the premises
". “
The light on constantly, the absence of suitable mattresses or blankets and above all clean, make it difficult to rest. Already unacceptable and scandalous in normal times, this situation is even more so when the Covid-19 pandemic is rife. There are new and well-designed premises, but they are not always sufficient to guarantee an acceptable reception
", deplores the report which recommends"
the daily cleaning
"of the cells in police custody. "
People must have easy, permanent and independent access to isolated toilets and to a drinking water point, day and night.
They must be offered a shower, a hygiene kit and a mirror to ensure their personal hygiene, as well as a clean mattress and blanket in good condition,
”recommends the CGLPL.
A "perverse effect"
These recommendations echo a recent decision by the Council of State which ordered the Ministry of the Interior to improve access to hygiene in police custody. Regarding psychiatric hospitals, the CGLPL notes that "
the request for admission to care without consent is too often seen as the most effective solution to hospitalize an agitated patient whose management by an emergency service is not suitable
". “
The admission status of a patient to care without consent does not imply that he is necessarily placed in a closed unit
,” writes the CLGPL. She also concludes that "
no patient in free care should be locked up
".
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The CGLPL also denounces the "
perverse effect
" of the coincidence of the maximum duration of placement in administrative detention facilities (LRA) and the time limit for appealing against the decision obliging you to leave French territory.
"
The two deadlines being 48 hours, the person who could not, for lack of sufficient information, effectively challenge the removal measure during his placement in the LRA will, most often, be foreclosed to do so during his arrival in CRA
", notes the CGLPL, which recommends" to
modify the legislation
".
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