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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - The detention center of Melun (Seine-et-Marne) is an "old-fashioned prison" built in 1808 in the center of the city. This is something increasingly rare: since the late 1980s, French prisons are built far from housing centers, often in the open countryside.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - In Melun, from the windows, the prisoners see the city.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Sixteen inmates are employed at the prison metalwork. Their job is to transform flat sheets of metal into table legs, cabinet doors or metal boxes.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Didier, 52, is a welder since June 2016 in prison. He was doing the same job outside.
He earns around 700 euros gross per month.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Melun Prison was originally a convent. Like many other penitentiary institutions in France, it was converted into detention during the 19th century.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - In the print shop, the prisoners print the silhouettes for the police shooting ranges. They also publish police station tickets and daytime registers.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Records of custody, handbooks, car immobilization records and everything else are stored in a warehouse before being sent to the police stations of France.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Jacques, 44, is a draftsman on computer at the metalwork. He earns 900 euros gross per month. Once the charges paid, it remains around 600 euros.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - The detention center is compartmentalized in a multitude of enclosed spaces. Each hall, each room is closed by grilles and doors. The goal: to prevent any escape.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - The detainees in Melun work 6 hours a day, from 7 am to 1:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Either 32h30 weekly, almost a full time outside.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - The meal, which everyone calls "the bowl", is served around 14 hours in the cells. In the afternoon, detainees are free to do what they want.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - At the metalwork, cases are made which are then installed in the cells and which allow the prisoners and the guard supervisors to communicate.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - In detention centers, prisoners are not locked up all day in the cell. They can come and go on the corridor. It is only at the end of the day that they are forced to return to the 9 square meter room.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Most prisoners earn between 400 and 800 euros gross each month. The "minimum wage threshold", the official title of the salary scale for prisoners, is 4.51 euros gross per hour when the minimum wage for an asset in France is 10.03 euros gross.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Nearly 200 of the 290 inmates imprisoned in Melun are occupied. Either to work, or to follow trainings. Those who do not work at all have long since retired. The oldest of the prisoners is 92 years old. Most of those incarcerated here are for sex crimes. An inmate in the metalwork shops.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Nearly 200 of the 290 inmates imprisoned in Melun are occupied. Either to work, or to follow trainings. Those who do not work at all have long since retired. The oldest of the prisoners is 92 years old. Most of those incarcerated here are for sex crimes. An inmate in the metalwork shops.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Shortly before, at the metalwork, Ahmed Lestal, the head of manufacturing, arrives from outside, the cold hanging on his cheeks. His cloak still on his back, he goes around the large workshop to turn on the lights and start the machines: "Anticipate. The paint booth takes a long time to warm up. "
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Before visiting a relative in prison, you must obtain a visit permit that you will need before making an appointment for a visiting room. Speaking of the prison of Melun.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Dominique, the lieutenant in charge of prison labor at Melun Prison.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - The supervisors' cabin in the corridors of the prison allows for constant contact with the detainees during their free time.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - Patrick, 63, including seven years in prison.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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Work in prison: The uncertain road to reintegration. Melun Prison -
29/01/2019 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Melun - View of the courtyard of Melun Prison from an inmate's room.
At the Melun Detention Center in France, which houses long-term prisoners, around 100 detainees work in printing and metallurgy workshops. They learn useful jobs for their release from prison.

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