At the end of this adversarial procedure, the reports of the on-site verifications and
observations are published, unless special circumstances dictate otherwise, on the CGLPL's
website. Any information by which the person(s) concerned may be identified is removed
beforehand, to respect professional confidentiality and the confidentiality of the talks with the
people who referred the case to the CGLPL.
4.1
On-site verifications conducted in 2016
From January to the end of November 2016, the CGLPL performed seven on-site verifications
- three of which were carried out without prior notice. One of these verifications required several
trips. Four on-site verifications were announced two to three days prior to the inspectors' arrival.
Some on-site verifications concern individual situations, while others are
conducted as part of thematic thought processes, which can take place prior to
an opinion. Accordingly, three on-site verifications were conducted in 2016 as
part of preparations for the opinion published at the start of 2017 on work and
vocational training in detention. In all cases, on-site verifications – even when
they concern an individual situation – are always an opportunity for the
CGLPL to issue general recommendations with a view to preventing
fundamental right violations.
Two on-site verifications concerned individual situations. One of them assumed that
observations would be made swiftly on-site with no prior adversarial talks with the responsible
authority because of the law in question (right to life, protection of physical integrity, respect of
physician-patient confidentiality). In the second situation, the information gathered from an
adversarial procedure conducted beforehand by post did not enable the CGLPL to gain a n objective
picture of the situation.
The other five on-site verifications conducted in 2016 had to do with thematic work. The
on-site verifications performed in this regard can concern one or a series of institutions.
As part of the thought process initiated by the Chief Inspector on work and vocational
training in prisons, with a view to publishing an opinion in early 2017, three on -site verifications
were carried out concerning:
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the range and conditions concerning work and vocational training at the Poissy longstay prison. The inspectors paid attention to the diversity of the range of work available
to prisoners, particularly the Industrial management of penal institutions (RIEP) and
concession workshops via the selection procedure. They were also able to observe the
physical working conditions and method for calculating the workers' pay (piece work in
the production workshops, by the hour at the RIEP). Lastly, they looked at questions
concerning the financing of vocational training by the regional council and at the
forthcoming training plan (for 2016-2017);
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a scheme enabling continuity of professional activity upon leaving prison: the Facility
for integration through work (SIAE) at the Œrmingen detention centre. The aim of this
furniture renovation and transformation workshop, which opened on 23 May 2016, is
to help rehabilitate people facing difficulties accessing professional life and enable them
to do a job where they can put their skills to use. On their release, people selected in the
"Emmaüs Inside" SIAE are offered a job by the association. This trial, which makes it
possible to diversify the range of prison work available, provides personalised
socioprofessional monitoring and opens up professional prospects upon leaving prison;
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a trial to set up a medical-social facility aimed at helping disabled adults to better
integrate socially through work (ESAT) at the Val-de-Reuil detention centre. This tenplace ESAT, which has been open since January 2014, provides prisoners suffering from
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