But France has been criticised for hampering visiting rights and has been condemned several times by the European Court of Human Rights over prison conditions. Her daughter is brought in by an association member rather than by guards like in normal prison visiting. Through little things – "the older one likes tomatoes now" – it really hit home that she had missed out on a lot. Even with letters, visits and phone calls, she said she still felt a "constant wrench" and had the sense "of missing everything". Families have suffered greatly during the health pandemic, which completely halted prison visiting for two months in France last year.

Source: The Star May 03, 2021 02:03 UTC