The Minister of Justice was seized by the general controller of places of deprivation of liberty (CGLPL), about the situation in the penitentiary center of Perpignan. The Keeper of the Seals recognizes that overcrowding is unacceptable. The controller, Dominique Simonnot, made recommendations to the government. On the one hand because of the crowded cells and the mattresses on the floor. The occupancy rate is 239%, one of the highest in France. Moreover, the cells are unsanitary and infested with bed bugs.
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“Unworthy” conditions at the Perpignan remand center, according to the prison controller
