France’s Correctional Systems

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France’s correctional systems
A correctional facility is a state-controlled entity in which convicts are confined with limited freedom. People may be incarcerated for a long or short period of time in these institutions depending on the punishment they are serving.
The department of justice in France oversees the correctional centers and facilities. Records about their activities are updated on the ministry’s website monthly. In accordance with the available data, the rate of imprisonment has been gradually increasing by about five percent yearly. This has led to higher operating costs of the facilities in recent times and therefore a lot of money is being channeled to cater for this increment. The budget covers all the prison centers all over the country as the system is centralized.
There exist five categories of correctional facilities and about forty centers in France. The centers have various types of entities under one roof and are spread all over the country.
Maison d’arret
This is a facility that serves those yet to be taken for trial, those sentenced for less than two years and those anticipating being sent to a different prison. All people sent to prison commence their sentence at the Maison d’arret (Kazemian and Andersson, pp.7).
Maison Centrale
This is the supreme correctional facility that serves people sentenced to long term imprisonment and those perceived to be dangerous (Kazemian and An…