ASSESSMENT OF THE WORK OF THE CONTRÔLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES LIEUX DE PRIVATION DE LIBERTÉ IN 2012 241
1. THE ACT OF 30TH OCTOBER 2007: TOWARDS AN AMENDMENT? ------------------------------------------------------------- 241
1.1 Principles that should be considered established ---------------------------------------------------------------- 241
1.2 Issues that should be considered as leaving room for improvement ----------------------------------------- 244
2. RELATIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND OTHER CORPORATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------- 250
2.1 The Authorities --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250
2.2 Independent Government Agencies with Specific Regulatory Powers---------------------------------------- 252
2.3 Other Corporations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 253
3. CASES REFERRED --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 255
3.1 Analysis of the Cases Referred (letters sent to the contrôle général) ----------------------------------------- 255
3.2 Actions Taken in Response to the Cases Referred (letters from the contrôle général) -------------------- 264
3.3 On-site inquiries-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 270
4. INSPECTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 272
4.1 Quantitative data------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 272
4.2 Completion and Results of Inspections----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 277
4.3 The Drafting of Reports ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 278
5. THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE CONTRÔLEUR GÉNÉRAL DES LIEUX DE PRIVATION DE LIBERTÉ IN 2012 ------------------- 279
5.1 Staff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279
5.2 The Budget -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 281
6 THE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE CONTROLEUR GENERAL DES LIEUX DE PRIVATION DE LIBERTE ---------------------------- 283
6.1 Multilateral International Action ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 283
6.2 Bilateral International Action ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 284
SECTION 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 286
PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY IN FRANCE: STATISTICAL ELEMENTS ----------------------------------------- 286
1. DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY IN CRIMINAL AFFAIRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287
1.1 Number of persons implicated in offences, police custody measures and persons imprisoned ---------- 287
1.2 Trends in numbers of persons implicated in offences, police custody measures and persons imprisoned
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 288
1.3 Number of Police Custody Measures and Rate of Use thereof according to Type of Offence ------------ 289
1.4 Annual Intake of Penal Institutions according to Criminal Category ----------------------------------------- 290
1.5 Population of Serving Sentences or on Remand and Prisoners at 1st January of each year -------------- 291
1.6 Distribution of Convicted Persons according to the Duration of the Sentence being served (including
reduced sentencing without accommodation) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 292
2.COMPULSORY COMMITTAL TO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALISATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 293
2.1 Trends in measures of committal to psychiatric hospitalisation without consent from 2007 to 2011-- 293
2.2 Compulsory Committal to Hospitalisation without Consent in 2011 ----------------------------------------- 295
3. DETENTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, FOREIGNERS REFUSED ENTRY TO THE COUNTRY AND ASYLUM SEEKERS ------------------ 296
3.1 Number of persons implicated in offences by the immigration department and number of police
custody measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 296
3.2 Implementation of Measures of Removal of Foreigners from the Country (2002-2010) ------------------ 297
3.3 Detention Centres for Illegal Immigrants (Metropolitan France). Theoretical capacity, number of
committals, average duration of detention, outcome of detention ----------------------------------------------- 298
ANNEXE 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 299
SUMMARY TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CGLPL FOR THE YEAR 2012 --------------- 299
ANNEXE 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 316
MAP OF INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS INSPECTED IN 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- 316
ANNEXE 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 317
THE INSPECTION REPORTS MADE PUBLIC ON THE WWW.CGLPL.FR WEBSITE -------------------------------------- 317
ANNEXE 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 319
BUDGET BALANCE SHEET------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 319
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