The administrative detention centres are national in scope.They receive, within the limits of their capacity and regardless of the geographical jurisdiction of the prefect who made the decision to detain, foreign nationals placed or kept in administrative detention regardless of where they reside or where they were arrested. .
Administrative detention centres are set up, on the proposal of the minister responsible for immigration, by joint order of the minister responsible for social affairs, the minister responsible for immigration, the minister of the interior and the minister of justice.This order specifies the address of the centre and whether its surveillance is entrusted to the national police or the national gendarmerie and whether the centre is likely to accommodate families.It…
Administrative detention centres are placed under the responsibility of the territorially competent prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect, who appoints the head of the centre by decree, after agreement with the director general of the national police or the director general of the national gendarmerie.
Administrative detention centres offer foreign nationals detained hotel-type facilities and communal catering services. Their capacity may not exceed one hundred and forty places.
Administrative detention centres meet the following standards:1° A minimum usable surface area of ten square metres per detainee, including rooms and areas freely accessible during working hours;2° Non-mixed collective rooms, containing a maximum of six people;3° Sanitary facilities, including washbasins, showers and toilets, freely accessible and in sufficient number, i.e. one sanitary block for every ten detainees ;4° A freely accessible telephone for every fifty detainees;5° Premises and equipment required…
Foreign nationals whose detention is extended pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 742-5, L. 742-6 or L. 742-7, are kept in detention in a room reserved for them, until the end of the procedure.
When, due to particular circumstances, in particular time or place, foreign nationals detained pursuant to this Title cannot be placed immediately in an administrative detention centre, the Prefect may place them in premises adapted for this purpose, known as “administrative detention premises” governed by this sub-section. .
Aforeign nationals may not be held in an administrative detention facility after the liberty and custody judge has extended their detention pursuant to article L. 742-3.However, in the event of an appeal against the extension order, the foreign national may be held there until the president of the court of appeal has ruled if there is no administrative detention centre within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal. Similarly, in…
The holding facilities referred to in article R. 744-8 are created, on a permanent basis or for a fixed period, by prefectoral order specifying whether the facility is likely to accommodate families.A copy of this order is sent without delay to the public prosecutor and to the Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté.
Administrative detention facilities must have the following facilities:1° Non-mixed group rooms, accommodating a maximum of six people;2° Sanitary facilities with free access including washbasins, showers and toilets;3° A telephone with free access;4° A room for receiving visits: consular authorities, families, doctors, members of associations;5° The room referred to in article L. 744-5, reserved for lawyers;6° An emergency pharmacy.Administrative detention facilities likely to accommodate families also have separate, specially equipped accommodation…
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