Monday, January 3 in the afternoon, a supervisor of the prison of Health (Paris) reported to his administration an incident in a visiting room.
He has, in fact, surprised a lawyer making love with her client, detained.
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According to
Le Parisien,
which reports the case, the agent would have been intrigued by the shadows cast behind the window of the parlor, a box of two square meters simply equipped with a table and two chairs. The supervisor opens the door and surprises the lawyer and her client, a businessman who would otherwise be her partner, having a sexual relationship.
Prison regulations do not prohibit sexual relations for an inmate, “
but it is within a very regulated framework. This takes place in the family life units,
”describes a source in
Le Parisien
. In a parlor where prisoners and lawyers meet, the procedures are not the same, the former not being searched after the interview, and undergoing a simple pat-down. Consequently, any kind of embrace can also be the pretext to introduce "
certain things like a telephone, drugs or even a weapon
", continues the source. In the same way, a risk arises in times of Covid: "
We do not want to end up with a cluster for a game of legs in the air
".
Sanctions are possible for both partners, even if their close relationship constitutes an element of context to be taken into account.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the prosecution (informed by the penitentiary) and the Council of the Bar Association did not respond on the subject.
A stay of a few days in a disciplinary unit is possible for the detainee.
As for the lawyer, if legal proceedings are rarely undertaken in this type of case, she could theoretically be punished by the order of lawyers.
