The department of Seine-Saint-Denis requests from the Defender of Rights an investigation into the conditions of detention of minors at the Bobigny depot

The president and vice-president of the Seine-Saint-Denis department are asking the Defender of Rights for an investigation into the conditions in which the minors arrested on the sidelines of the high school movement or the looting of October 17 and 18 were held at the Bobigny judicial court, we can read on Friday October 23 in a letter.

Stéphane Troussel and Nadia Azoug send a letter to François-Noël Buffet in which they hope that “possible violations” of the rights of these minors “are fully established” and that “recommendations are made to the competent authorities to prevent any reiteration of such facts”.

This letter comes after “the revelations made public by several media” concerning the conditions of detention of minors arrested and held at the depot. The two authors of the letter mention in particular "a report published Wednesday by lawyers from the Seine-Saint-Denis bar" and which "describes adolescents forced to sleep on the floor or on benches that are too small, deprived of mattresses, exposed to the cold, unsanitary conditions and clearly unworthy hygienic conditions".

For the president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis and the vice-president in charge of childhood, prevention and parenting, "the alleged acts of theft or violence accused of these young people cannot justify such treatment and the 'punishments for example' are not justice". And both added: “Neither the need to maintain order nor the exercise of judicial authority can justify children being subjected to treatment that violates their dignity.”