Insufficient activities in alarm prison – Liberation

Dominique Simonnot wanted to see the prisons of another eye, more joyful, more human. « Yes, it may surprise, but there are beautiful moments in places of deprivation of freedom », Recalls the general controller of places of deprivation of freedom (CGLPL). In the foreword to its 2024 annual activity report, presented on Wednesday May 21, the former journalist lists cultural, sports or educational moments organized there, of the pastry competition « Top Cef » in the educational centers closed at « Futuristic concert given by long sorrows ».

Activities vilified by part of the media and the political class, and the number of which is however « Drastically insufficient », denounces the report, despite their « Essential challenge of security, evolution and insertion ». « These moments are useful, beneficial » But too few, he points out, As they « Are sometimes the only way to get out of a week from an over -occupied cell. » And add: « Maintaining three people locked up 10 p.m. in 9 m2, without any other horizon than television, can only negatively impact their mental health. » Chance of the calendar,