The Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had "ordered an administrative investigation" after the organization within the Fresnes prison of tests inspired by the game show
Koh Lanta
for the benefit of associations.
This event took place on July 27 within the Val-de-Marne establishment, but a video was broadcast on Friday, in particular on YouTube, immediately arousing criticism from the far right.
Three teams of prisoners, guards and young inhabitants of Fresnes compete there in various tests: questionnaire, karting, mime or tug of war above a swimming pool.
“The fight against recidivism goes through reintegration, (…) not through karting!
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The Keeper of the Seals reacted at the beginning of the afternoon on Twitter: “After the shocking images of Fresnes prison, I immediately ordered an investigation so that all the light could be shed.
The fight against recidivism goes through reintegration but certainly not through karting!
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After the shocking images from Fresnes prison, I immediately ordered an investigation to shed light.
The fight against recidivism goes through reintegration but certainly not through karting!
— Eric Dupond-Moretti (@E_DupondM) August 20, 2022
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In the video, Djibril Dramé, organizer of this "Koh-Lanta of the cities" - of which a first edition opposing young people and police officers had taken place in July in the city of Fresnes - specifies that the participants in the game were in detention "for short penalties”.
"So okay, all the people who are there are there for a good reason and the road to reintegration is through work in prison, but we also have a duty not to put them aside and above all not to forget that they are humans like you and like me,” he adds.
The director of the prison, Jimmy Delliste, welcomed on July 27 on Twitter a “moment of fraternal commitment for the benefit of three associations”, thanking the organizers.
Far-right critics
On Saturday, several far-right elected officials criticized these images.
“At #Fresnes Prison, summer activities are organized for prisoners: karting, swimming pool, etc.
During this time, one child in three does not go on vacation due to a lack of financial means.
Taxpayers will be happy to see where their money goes, ”tweeted Hélène Laporte, vice-president RN of the National Assembly.
Requested by AFP, the ministry specified that the minister had ordered an “administrative investigation to know exactly the ins and outs of what happened”.
“The Minister has always been in favor of detainees being offered sports and cultural activities, but in the project as it was presented, the activities as revealed in this video did not appear. , in particular that of karting”, we added.
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