France Prisons

France Prisons
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The French Prison System
The type of prisons in France depends on the category of people or public they harbor. There are the short term or short stay prisons which are used to house those that their cases are underway to the decision making and those people that are serving a sentence of fewer than two years. The short stay jails are the highest crowded in the country. The detention center is another type which houses individuals who have completed their sentence and are ready to be released back to the society. The central prisons harbor dangerous criminals (Wikipedia, 2017). They incorporate intensive security systems and very robust detention system. A penitentiary center is another category of prison which constitutes many different types in it. For instance, a center may have a detention center as well as a central jail in it. There is also the semi-custodial center which houses those awaiting release and the juvenile for the minors.
Overcrowding and Prison Statistics
As of 2014, the prisons in France were considered highly populated and congested. In 2017, the population was estimated to be at 68547 a number that included the French overseas departments and excluding individuals not detained in penal institutions. The estimation of the imprisonment of population per 100,000 was 101 as of October 2017 data obtained from France national statistics (World Prison Brief, 2017). The population has increased in the recent time with the trend showing a constant rise.

Health
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture reviewed the health conditions in the prisons regarded it as adverse. The police exhibited hostile treatment of the inmates where they prevented medical providers from treating ailed inmates. The medical conditions of the jails are degrading and may reach a point at which no inmate will be able to receive any care from the facilities. Emergency hospitalization to the individuals requiring exceptional attention is almost impossible to get in the prison facilities. Solitary confinement of inmates with disorders such as acute mental suffering becomes the only solution to the problem. The highly watched criminals receive treatment while their hands and legs are tied to the bed and their hands handcuffed. The conditions according to the CPT should be reviewed as it tends to violate the human rights of the individuals (Wikipedia, 2017).
HIV/AIDS
Due to overpopulation and degrading medical attention to the prisoners, HIV/AIDS spread is very high in the prisons. Cases of seven times higher than in the normal are possible. The prisons being congested makes it hard for proper surveillance to occur. That results in an inbreed of criminals who abuse drugs and self-inject themselves. Luring of other inmates into the behavior is easy making the spread of the disease easier and very possible. They also tend to engage in unprotected sex making the probability of the spread of the disease more manageable.
Separation from Family Members
Inmates suffer from trauma due to separation from the public or the family members. That affects those in segregations and high surveillance and individuals waiting for judgment. The prison conditions are also very disconnecting with the presence of dark corridors everywhere to reach where they are detained. That makes an individual suffer from stress as a result of adverse confinement. The conditions should be elevated to make more bearable to the inmates and make them feel connected to the outside world even if they are in solitary confinement (Wikipedia, 2017). The conditions in most of the prisons are considered adverse a fact that should be put into consideration and make it better.
References
Wikipedia. (2017). Prison conditions in France. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 20 February 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_conditions_in_FranceWorld Prison Brief. (2017). France | World Prison Brief. Prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 20 February 2018, from http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/france