The French Section of the International Observatory of Prisons (OIP-SF) is an association that acts to ensure the respect of human rights in prisons and for a lesser recourse to imprisonment. It has consultative status with the United Nations.
How can it help you?
Publicize the state of prison conditions
OIP-SF observes the conditions of detention in French prisons through in-depth survey work carried out with the help of intramural correspondents. The association then makes the state of prisons and the situation of detainees known to public opinion, justice professionals, and public authorities.
Informing detainees of their rights
The OIP-SF has an information and legal service to inform detainees and their families of their rights and to support them in their efforts to assert them. It is thus possible to contact the association to obtain information on their rights by mail, email, or telephone.
The OIP-SF also publishes thematic sheets dealing with numerous subjects concerning the daily life of detainees. These documents are available in paper versions or online on their website. The IOP-SF has also published a Prisoner's Guide, which provides a comprehensive review of prisoners' rights and their application in detention.
Enforcing human rights in prison
IOP-SF seeks to ensure that the fundamental rights of prisoners are respected through legal action and advocacy work with public authorities.
Activities
- Advocacy work to advance the law to ensure that prisoners' rights are respected
- Defending a limited use of incarceration by advocating for the revision of the length of sentences, the decriminalization of certain offenses, the promotion of alternatives to incarceration
- Contribute to the public debate by analysing penal and penitentiary policies
- Awareness-raising actions through magazines, social networks, public events, and online conferences
- Interventions in schools in the Ile-de-France region
More information and Contacts
Online contact form: https://oip.org/qui-sommes-nous/nous-contacter/
Email: contact@oip.org
Phone number: +33 1 44 52 87 90 (Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm). This phone number is registered in the list of authorized and confidential numbers in detention.
Observatoire International des Prisons - Section française (OIP-SF)
7 bis rue Riquet
75019 Paris
France