Le Figaro Marseille
Marseille lawyers had taken legal action in the name of respect for human dignity, deploring the conditions of police custody in two police stations in the city.
A week after the hearing before the administrative court in this case, the State ruled in favor of the bar of the Marseille city, and ordered the Ministry of the Interior to carry out
"daily cleaning"
of the jails of the North and of the Bishopric, headquarters of the Marseille police,
Le Figaro
learned
from the bar association, confirming information from Marsactu.
The Marseille Bar Association had referred the matter to the administrative court after a visit from the president of the Marseille police stations last December.
This visit gave rise to a report on the conditions of people in police custody.
The text particularly deplored the fact that those arrested slept on the floor in small, unsanitary cells, filled with pests.
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A mandatory mattress
In the judgment that
Le Figaro
was able to consult, the administrative court also ordered the Ministry of the Interior to
“renovate the dilapidated cells for the Northern division police station, with toilets and an air renewal system and heating guaranteeing the hygiene, dignity and safety of people”
within three months.
The Ministry of the Interior also has one month to systematically offer
“to each of the people held in custody within the Northern division police station and the Évêché police headquarters a mattress protector, a mattress in a satisfactory condition, a single-use blanket, regular meals three times a day, hygiene kits
.
The State will also have to pay 1,500 euros to the order.
Contacted, the president of the Marseille Bar Association, Mathieu Jacquier, was delighted with this decision.
For its part, the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters - which represented Beauvau in this matter - was not able to respond to our requests at the moment.