Preventive action against unacceptable detention conditions: current situation and prospects 

The legislature has established a preventive remedy available to individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities—whether on remand or serving a sentence—to put an end to the undignified conditions of detention they are subjected to. This remedy, established by Law No. 2021-403 of April 8, 2021, is in addition to the remedies that can be brought before an administrative judge, which serve different purposes.
The causes of the unfit conditions in prisons and the unsanitary conditions in certain facilities continue to be denounced.
This symposium provides an opportunity to revisit the context in which this remedy was created and to take stock of its implementation one and a half years after the provisions establishing it came into force.