Following the death of M. at the Vincennes Detention Center last May, we recently learned that another detainee passed away at the center. He was sent to the hospital, apparently after a suicide attempt, and died there 10 days later, on August 21.
Continuer la lecture de « Second Death in 3 Months at Vincennes Detention Center »
After an initial unsuccessful call for bids, the gouvernment has not given up the idea of building a new detention center in Mesnil Amelot. A new call to select a developer – essentially, a company which will plan the construction of the new detention center (development of the technical program, selection of the company or several companies in charge of the future construction project, etc.) – was closed on September 1, 2023. The name of the developer is not known yet, but the files that have been posted online at https://www.marches-publics.gouv.fr/ already provide a lot of information about what this new detention center will be like.
The feasibility study, validated and stamped by the “Ministry of the Interior,” was carried out with the assistance of the company A2MO. This developer, which has already taken part in the installation of the Foreign Legion at the Larzac military camp, and worked with the Ministry of the Interior on the construction of new police stations, is present in numerous cities (Lyon, Paris, Marseille, …).
What do we learn from this document, thick of several hundred pages?