that recruitment is in progress to end this persisting situation, which violates the fundamental right of
children to access education. The Minister of Justice is asked to monitor the progress of this measure.
Guarantee the presence of a teacher at the La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin Juvenile Detention Centre
by monitoring his or her assignment at ministerial level.
The CGLPL had recommended surveillance of young offenders by a child psychiatrist and
more effectively guaranteeing the confidentiality of care. The setup of shifts by a child psychiatrist and
assignment of a nurse address both of these recommendations.
Visits by adjudicating judges and law officers of the State Counsel’s Office, recommended by
the CGLPL pursuant to the law, were carried out in 2017.
Lastly, a number of other recommendations (condition of the premises, assignment of a
housekeeper, smoking cessation, etc.) have been acted upon, according to the response given by the
Minister of Justice.
5.2.4 Savigny-sur-Orge Juvenile Detention Centre (Essonne)
The inspection brought to light several good practices which, for the most part, corresponded to
recommendations that the CGLPL had made during a previous inspection: keeping individual
provision files, dispensing medicines or mental health care. The involvement of young offenders in
drawing up the menus and the quality of the vocational training were also highlighted. The Minister of
Justice's response confirms that these positive practices are continuing, but makes no mention of any
measures aimed at rolling them out more widely.
Regarding the care provision for young offenders, the report recommended closer reference
to the centre's strategic plan, closer involvement of families and improved supervision of sports
activities. In response to these recommendations, the Minister of Justice explains that a new strategic
plan is currently being finalised and associated with training measures for youth workers, that visits to
parents' homes are planned at the beginning and end of the placement, that an area for welcoming
families is currently being laid out and that supervised sports activities are in place - even if the sports
youth worker hoped for has not been assigned.
A series of the CGLPL's recommendations bore on discipline: ending cash rewards,
harmonising practices in the event of young people running away and defining a punishment scale in
the rules of procedure. According to the information provided by the Minister of Justice, these
measures have been taken. She also mentions a practice of "calming periods, [which] are put in place
to prevent excessive behaviours on the part of young offenders and so limit punishment". Provided
the judicial youth protection service rules in favour of these periods, it seems worthwhile rolling them
out more widely.
Assess and, where applicable, more widely apply the practice of calming periods put in place in
Savigny-sur-Orge juvenile detention centre so as to prevent excessive behaviours on the part of
young offenders and so limit punishment.
The CGLPL had also recommended improving urban signage of how to get to the juvenile
detention centre. The centre's management has reservations about the application of this
recommendation, given the profile of young people accommodated and the low security of the site.
The CGLPL duly notes these reservations and withdraws its recommendation.
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