Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

In each place of detention, internal regulations, the models of which are set, for detention centres and premises, by joint order of the Minister for Immigration and the Minister for the Interior, organise daily life, in conditions consistent with the dignity and safety of its occupants. In particular, it sets out the rights and duties of foreign nationals held in detention, as well as the practical arrangements for them to…

The information mentioned in Article R. 8252-2 of the Labour Code is displayed in the common areas of the administrative detention facility. It is available in French and translated into the foreign languages designated by the minister responsible for immigration.

Under the conditions set out in articles R. 744-6 and R. 744-11, suitable premises and equipment will enable health staff to give consultations and provide care in detention centres and premises.The conditions under which health establishments intervene on behalf of detainees, pursuant to article L. 6111-1-2 of the Public Health Code, are specified by means of an agreement signed between the territorially competent Prefect and one of these establishments in…

The room reserved for lawyers, referred to in article L. 744-5, is accessible, under the conditions provided for in the same article, on simple request by the lawyer to the department responsible for receiving detained foreign nationals and with the agreement of the person concerned.