In Corbas prison, on November 29, 2017, the prison administration launched a vast recruitment campaign for prison guards. -

Cells of 9 m2 welcoming two detainees, very promiscuous preventing barrier gestures, no freezing, masks or product to disinfect the cells and common areas. The order of lawyers at the Lyon bar seized this Monday the judge of the administrative court because of the current health situation of the Lyon-Corbas remand center.

"Such dysfunctions endanger prisoners as well as prison guards, as well as lawyers who come to visit their client," said the Lyon bar on Monday in a press release. After the first case of coronavirus that occurred on April 4 in the remand center, "very little has been done to protect detainees who are incarcerated," added the bar, which denounces slow medical care in the event of suspicion. from Covid-19.

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For the lawyers, "exercising their defense mission by going to the
Lyon-Corbas remand center now constitutes a real health risk-taking", adds the order, which has therefore decided to appeal to justice. He hoped that it would impose measures on the director of the remand center to guarantee the protection of the detainees' health and the conditions under which lawyers could intervene.

The judge in summary proceedings must rule within 48 hours.

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