Nicole Belloubet wants more security in prisons

The spectacular escape of Redoine Faïd will have at least had the effect of a developer. On Monday, while two detainees had just escaped from Colmar prison and a nurse was briefly held hostage by an inmate in the Salon-de-Provence prison, the Keeper of the Seals, Nicole Belloubet, unveiled the findings. of the report of the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ). It was ordered immediately after the helicopter escape of Redoine Faïd, locked in a prison yet presented as one of the most secure in the country. An event in which the Minister of Justice sees "a conjunction of security flaws, perfectly exploited by a commando paramilitary methods."

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Confronted with multiple loopholes, the custody of the Seals regrets above all a "more legal than operational approach" in the Prison Service. The question of the transfer of Redoine Faïd, asked in vain by the Administration as revealed Le Figaro underlines the "gap" between the central administration and the teams on the ground, she estimates . Considered "insufficiently reactive" and not receptive to feedback from field experiences, the Central Prison Service will be reorganized to "recreate the link" between the ranks and enhance the effectiveness of security, "too scattered", announced Nicole Belloubet , who also wants to recreate a staff security, removed to the dismay of unions. The minister recognizes the effectiveness of the prison intelligence service in terms of the fight against terrorism and radicalization, she also announces the creation of 15 additional positions dedicated to the prevention of escapes of major criminals. A measure that will not solve the lack of prison staff in overcrowded prisons. The report also acknowledges that a court of honor devoid of anti-aircraft lines should not have given direct access to the parlor, via an intervention door through which the accomplices of Redoine Faïd had exfiltrated in just ten minutes. "In the Rau prison, the ropes were originally planned everywhere, but they were not installed in the main courtyard for budgetary reasons," regrets Stephane Barraud, secretary general of the union UFAP-UNSA.

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In addition to the installation of these lines, Nicole Belloubet announced the establishment of a specialized team to secure the functioning of the parlor, the IGP having noted the absence of supervision at the time of the escape of Redoine Faïd, even if prison staff was present. Finally, the report also reveals an emergency call system for the police who failed at the time of the escape.

"The defendants are held in jails and sentenced to detention centers, without taking into account their dangerousness"

The custody of the Seals

Beyond the flaws in the security of the prison de Réau, the Minister of Justice insisted on the lack of coordination between the various levels of the Prison Service. The interregional management of Paris had alerted imminent risks of "serious incidents" with Redoine Faïd, requesting an emergency transfer to a more secure prison. His desires for escape and his past as a fugitive were indeed known: he had already fled in 2013 from the penitentiary of Lille-Séquedin, in northern France. But the Central Prison Service had replied that such a transfer could not be made before September. "The transfer was impossible because of the status of defendant Redoine Faïd in a third case," said the custody of the Seals, stressing the need to keep Redoine Faïd near the courts. "The defendants are held in jails and convicts in detention centers, without taking into account their dangerousness," regretted the minister, who wants to propose an amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure to "review management doctrine" particularly high-profile detainees (DPS), such as Redoine Faïd, by identifying the institutions likely to receive them. An announcement to which the Secretary General of UFAP-UNSA reacts by denouncing the "lack of political will": "We ask that the sensitive inmates are again transferred every three or four months to avoid that they take their brands and organize an escape, as Redoine Faïd. But the Prison Service is afraid of exposing itself to remedies for inhuman treatment or degrading detention. "