The Angers' state prison is not welcomed everywhere

The state prison located in the inner city of Angers is looking for another place. But that is not easy to find. Two cities are running : Beaufort-en-Vallée and may be Trélazé. Oher cities were due to withdraw their candidacies because some of their councillors could have been threatened.

The present bad conditions of the state prison are clearly not in favour of such a choice. Built between 1852 and 1855, the prison is absolutely insane because it is over-occupied (336 convicts are on custody in cells designed for 267 persons) and because the state didn' achieved works of maintenance for a long time. Recently, a convict told the media about his conditions of life : "We are living by two or three in one cell with the toilets in the center". A recent picture of the front side of the prison is telling : the rendering of the wall is falling from all quarters and the bars of the windows are corroded.

In 2008, several convicts registered a complaint regarding their living conditions "inhuman and degrading". The new prison could cost about 70 millions € and would be completed in 2015. New buildings dedicated to housing would take place on the site.

(Sources : Angers Ville Actu; Angers Maville)