The Council of State on Friday ordered the State to pay 1,000 euros per day late if it does not apply within a month a court decision of 2017 relating to the distribution of hygiene kits to the prison of Fresnes (Val-de-Marne). "
The prison administration has not increased the frequency of renewal of kits and hygiene kits distributed to detainees, contrary to the injunction pronounced by the summary judge of the administrative court of Melun
" on April 28, 2017, estimates the Council of State in a decision issued on Friday. "
If the administration supports renewing these kits and hygiene kits at the simple request of the detainees, it appears from the minister's writings that only detainees who do not have sufficient resources can benefit from this measure
”, continues the Council of State which sees this as a breach of the implementation ordered in summary proceedings.
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Failing to prove within a month of having complied with this court decision, "
a fine of 1000 euros will be requested per day of delay until the date on which the order of April 28, 2017 will have received a penalty. full execution
”, concludes the Council of State. The second largest prison in France after Fleury-Mérogis, Fresnes prison is also one of the most dilapidated, several times pinned down for its conditions of detention deemed unworthy. In 2016, the administrative court of Melun had ordered to intensify the actions of rat control and pest control in Fresnes, at the request of the International Prison Observatory (OIP). In April 2017,this association did it again by appealing to justice again urgently and obtained measures to reduce insalubrity.
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The following year, the Ministry of Justice announced the “
complete
” renovation of this penal establishment built at the end of the 19th century, at an estimated cost of around 270 million euros.
No precise date has yet been given for the start of work.
Since then, the state has been definitively condemned in October 2021, after a decision by the Council of State.
He will have to carry out important work, such as the expansion of the walking yards and their cleaning or to ensure the safety of the detainees, in this prison located in the south of Paris.
Friday in its decision, the Council notes progress on the destruction of pests, the distribution of hot meals and hot water, and on lighting.