Une juridiction résolutive de problèmes pourrait bientôt voir le jour sur le territoire. Midi Libre – JEROME MOUILLOT
Une formation autour de la "justice résolutive de problèmes" (JRP) s’est tenue, toute la semaine à Béziers. Elle a réuni de nombreux acteurs institutionnels et associatifs, locaux.
This is a discreet but major development that justice is about to experience in the territory. Under the impetus of the public prosecutor Raphaël Balland, who mentioned it during his opening speech at the solemn hearing, the principles of “problem-solving justice” (JRP) are about to be implemented in the Béziers jurisdiction.
This Friday, January 24, in a hotel in Béziers, a week-long training cycle on this subject ended. Bringing together local, institutional and associative actors, the participants have, in fact, worked on this theme with, in the long term, the project of creating “a Béziers problem-solving jurisdiction, with a public prosecutor's office and a seat”, specifies Fanny Moles, deputy prosecutor at the Béziers court.
But what is problem-solving justice? ? What it is not, first of all, is restorative justice, “with which it should not be confused”, insists Dorothée Mercié, from the National School of the Judiciary, the institution behind the initiative. The magistrate gives the following definition: “It is the support of a person under court order who has committed an offence related to their addictions, in a social, judicial and medical manner.” A holistic approach to the “justiciable/user”, in short, which involves taking into account “the end of their addiction and their care” and which therefore mobilizes actors as diverse as penitentiary agents, magistrates, doctors or even social actors.
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“Everyone agrees to take a step back and that's how we work together” , says Antonia Dadé, director of the Épisode association specializing in addiction issues in the Béziers area. “It's also a way to understand how everyone works and to understand each other a little better” , adds Anne Krugler, head of the justice branch of the Association d'entraide et de reclassement social (AERS) in Béziers.
This step back, there are currently 28 jurisdictions in France that have taken it. And Béziers could soon become the 29th: “On this last day of the meeting, we will get down to the nitty-gritty and decide on the format to adopt”, says Léa Santilan, who is leading the training. Because, and this is one of the particularities of this special jurisdiction, each of them decides which defendant is likely to enter the program. “It is the jurisdictions themselves that define the profiles”, confides Dorothée Mercier.
A pragmatic approach
In reality, the JRP intends to tackle the sources of the problem, namely the addiction itself, which pushes the individual to commit offenses. And these are very often acts of domestic violence, even if there are other forms of crimes or offenses. “For justice, it is a somewhat original approach, notes the deputy prosecutor Fanny Moles, who specifies that “this approach does not replace the criminal response. But when we always find ourselves judging the same people, there is a problem: you only have to go to any hearing to see that there is almost always alcohol or drugs at some point.”
Problem-solving justice would therefore be a pragmatic approach likely to provide a start to a solution to the issues related to the congestion of the courts. At least that is what the Béziers magistrate hopes, who estimates “that one euro paid into this type of program is equivalent to €2.28 saved for the taxpayer”. “Protecting society also means ensuring that people consume less, that is our role as a public prosecutor.”
Multiple actors working together
During this week of training, initiated by the National School of the Judiciary, many local, institutional and associative actors were represented. In particular, the Beziers judicial court, headquarters and public prosecutor's office; the Addiction Care, Support and Prevention Center of the Episode association; the Prison Integration and Probation Service (SPIP); the Mutual Aid and Social Reclassification Association (AERS). the Interministerial Mission to Combat Drugs and Addictive Behavior (MILDECA); the Center for the Care of Perpetrators of Violence in South Occidatanie (CPCA); the Departmental Council of Hérault; the House of Justice and Law of the Hérault Méditerranean Agglomeration Community; the Via Voltaire Association; the Amicale du Nid Association; the CCAS of Agde and the gendarmerie of Servian.
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