Legal victory for Redoine Faïd. The 52-year-old former multi-offender robber, detained in Vendin-le-Vieil (Pas-de-Calais), has long contested his conditions of detention. In a decision rendered this Monday, a sentence enforcement judge from the Béthune court ensures that these are “ contrary to the dignity of the human person ”, learned The Voice of the North.
A decision which also concerns the visiting rooms of Redoine Faïd
The courts also set a deadline of 30 days. to allow the prison administration to put an end to these conditions of detention, by any means “. The measures targeted are the placement in solitary confinement of the former robber “ for at least 11 years », its visiting rooms with hygiaphone and without physical contact “ since October 2018 ”, and the absence of family life unity “ since at least October 4, 2019 ».
Redoine Faïd has been detained in Vendin-le-Vieil since November 2018
« This is the first recognition by a French judge of this inhuman and degrading treatment. », welcomes Benoit David, Redoine Faïd’s lawyer, to The Voice of the North. According to AFP, the Béthune public prosecutor's office appealed this decision. Redoine Faïd, detained at the Vendin-le-Vieil penitentiary center since November 2023, is serving a sentence which must end in 2057. He escaped twice: in April 2013 from Sequedin prison (North), and in July 2018 from the Réau penitentiary center (Seine-Maritime).
