The following article concerns the prison Aurillac it is the first in a series intended to highlight the prisons of the Auvergne region, still working or not, and their future.
Brief history of the prison of Aurillac.
The house arrest of Aurillac, located downtown, was built in 1860 near the courthouse and put into service in 1868. The main contractor was Theophilus Carriat, architect of the Cantal département. The friendly neighborhood women inmates originally existed was abolished in 1975. The property consists of 2 buildings: one in front, is the administrative building and the second on the back, the detention facility. This prison, designed for adult men, has 73 seats and is located within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of Riom and the Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) to Aurillac. facades and roofs were listed as an historic monument by a decree of May 4, 1984. ( Sources: Ministry of Justice and Base Mérimée )
Threat of closure and questioning the future of the prison
This is intended to close in 2015 because he was too outdated by the Department of Justice. A proposed new prison at Riom should come to compensate for the closure. (Source: www.annuaires.justice.gouv.fr). However, a Senate report in October 2009, drafted under the leadership of Senator North UMP Jean-René Lecerf, had cited the remand of Aurillac as "exemplary" thanks to its size determined to be "human" and good condition. Therefore, misunderstanding is great in the region in the closure decision announced by the Department as evidenced by numerous articles in the local press which we publish below an extract:
"No, prison is not obsolete Aurillac! "
D ix months after a visit which had cited the Senate house arrest of Aurillac as "exemplary", the Ministry of Justice class in the prison establishments to close?
Gilles Lalloz
"We can not let them say anything and everything! "Eric Bory, local secretary Force working in the prison of Aurillac, and Jean-Vincent Boudou, departmental secretary FP, are raised as much by the closure announcement in five years in prison in the prefecture by Cantal the arguments (read yesterday's edition).
" We are told that this is to ensure decent conditions of detention and to implement the Prison Act of 2009. We are told that the house arrest of Aurillac is obsolete? But she is anything but obsolete, "claims Jean-Vincent Boudou. To thwart the decisions and explanations of the Chancellery, FP draws his weapon: a Senate report prepared by the UMP Jean-René Lecerf. Ten months ago, he visited the prison Aurillac, saying it was "the vanguard of what the law wants to prison." Two and a half pages of the report are devoted to this institution, according to this document "Many outstanding features", "a climate of calm seems to prevail in custody." The report also made renovations in recent years. For if the building dating from 1860 may seem austere from the outside, it has been upgraded and has "a regular maintenance effort." "All cells have a partitioned toilet area, an intercom system and double glazing. Also they are equipped with a refrigerator and TV. "
In conclusion, the rapporteur stressed even "a suitable size of establishment" and a presence in Aurillac guaranteeing the maintenance of family ties as a "major factor in rehabilitation."
"This is not a trade unionist who says all this is a senator expert on prisons," says Jean-Vincent Boudou, then Eric Bory said that the prison is in phase labeling European prison rules. It remains to carry out the work to secure the airlock entry whose budget disappeared credit lines in recent months. "We also emphasize that this prison has not experienced a suicide in 35 years," suggests Eric Bory.
So for FP, it is clear: "We can not advance arguments like the dilapidated conditions where worthy of detention" to place the list of Aurillac in prisons close. The union had warned the MPs and the Secretary of State for communities. "But we expect an audience with Mr. Marleix past year, officials regret TF, determined to" continue the fight. " "The announcement has been made in the middle of July, it's still a lit match on a powder keg. "
Reprinted from the daily La Montagne dated Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Faced with protests from local officials, the Minister of Justice Michel Mercier said Tuesday, November 23, 2010, during a meeting in the Senate that the prison of Aurillac was not included in the list of unhealthy and that he would soon be on site to assess the general state of the institution. Therefore, the future of the building is currently pending.
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