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  • Les Iscles, Tercier, Auvare: none of these sites will accommodate a penitentiary, assures the Ministry of Justice.

  • The objective of delivery before the end of 2027 is maintained but seems less and less attainable given the absence of identified land.

When we ask whether the various sites for setting up a future remand center within the jurisdiction of the Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) judicial court mentioned so far have been abandoned, the response from the Ministry of Justice is rapid and unambiguously: "The land proposed so far has not been retained".

No, the "new prison of Nice" will not be erected in Iscles du Var (Saint-Laurent-du-Var), land which had however been the subject of an impact study carried out in 2015 by the Public Agency. for real estate justice (APIJ).

But the remand center will not be built on the land located a little further north, between Saint-Laurent-du-Var and La Gaude, either, as was very seriously considered in 2017.

Exit also, the hypotheses of an establishment on the Tercier plateau (straddling the municipalities of Drap and La Trinité), on the site of La Lare (Peillon) and on land occupied by part of the Auvare barracks and a hold of SNCF in the Saint-Roch district in Nice.

"Several other places will be studied"

However, yes, a prison will be built: "In conjunction with the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, land is actively sought since the future establishment in Nice, which will include 650 places, is budgeted and well included in the prison real estate plan of 15,000. prison places ”, assures

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a spokesperson for the ministry.

LREM deputies Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson and Cédric Roussel recently reported, in a press release, that the Minister of Justice "expressly confirmed" to them that "several other places will be under consideration in the Alpes-Maritimes department".

I met Ajd the Keeper of the Seals, @E_DupondM with my colleague @A_Ardisson to discuss the new prison of # Nice06


He reaffirmed his desire for concertation & transparency on this file, while confirming the abandonment of the project at the Tercier plateau.


CP⤵️ @ Nice_Matin pic.twitter.com/oT9dSQ1kQO

- Cédric ROUSSEL (@ CedricRoussel06) September 22, 2020

Eric Dupont-Moretti would have even "committed to come soon to make an inventory of the sites envisaged".

Which ?

Difficult to know.

The only official track: it's a reconstruction on site.

The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, is still in favor.

His first assistant, Anthony Borré, confirmed this recently.

The Ministry of Justice confirms that the creation of a penitentiary establishment with 650 places in the jurisdiction of Nice is part of the “real estate program” which provides for delivery before the end of 2027. But for lack of having registered a site for implantation, and given the administrative delays and the time required for construction, the objective seems difficult to achieve.

According to the International Prison Observatory, with 472 men imprisoned within its walls, the old remand center in Nice, built in 1887, is overcrowded by 171%.

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