INTERVIEW
Did justice lack vigilance? The controversy continues to swell after the indictment of a repeat offender on Saturday for the rape and murder of a teenager on August 20 in Nantes, and relaunches the debate around the follow-up of repeat offenders. The Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti thus ordered an inspection mission on the implementation of the follow-up measures of the 45-year-old suspect, released from prison in 2016 after having served an 18-year prison sentence for nine rapes, three attempts and one sexual assault committed between 2001 and 2003.
At the microphone of Europe 1, Julien Magnier, national secretary of the CGT-SPIP union (the legal services responsible for ensuring that the people entrusted to them respect their obligations, but also the identification of any recalcitrant), believes that it is not possible to do better with regard to the law and the current means.
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In the Nantes case, the rapist had served his prison sentence. Since his release in 2016, he has respected his socio-judicial follow-up, which notably included an order for treatment. "Sometimes we have apprehensions, and we feel that the person can switch," recognizes Julien Magnier. But, he adds immediately: "This does not prevent the person from being free".
Nearly a hundred files per agent
What can the Prison Integration and Probation Service do then? "We can just bring together the follow-ups, be in contact with the care structures to see if he responds and adheres to the care", explains Julien Magnier, recalling that "the rest is a matter of medical confidentiality. We do not have access to it. ".
"We start from the principle that a person who recognizes the facts for which he was convicted, who sets up compensation for the civil parties, who has a coherent speech in interview, that seems solid to us," said the national secretary of the union. "We can miss a speech, but it is rare". And to conclude: "But we can't do more than put that in place".
For Julien Magnier, it is therefore not possible to do more than his mission as provided for by law. Faced with criticism, the SPIP also raises the question of means. 270,000 cases are thus monitored, ie around 100 per agent, which translates on average into one interview per month with each of the persons monitored.