Nordahl Lelandais became a father in prison: what do we know about his relationship with the mother ?

Condemned à life-perpetrator, Nordahl Lelandais is now the father of a two-month-old little boy. A child conceived in Ensisheim prison (Haut-Rhin).

Nordahl Lelandais became a father in prison. Condemned à life perpetuity in February 2022 for the murder of little Maëlys, 8 years old, and 20 years in prison in May 2021 for the murder of Corporal Arthur Noyer but also for sexual assault on three little cousins, Lelandais is now the father of a baby ;eacute; 2 years according to information from Le Parisien. "It's incredible that with complete impunity' he allows himself to give birth à a little boyçon" denounces this Tuesday, January 16 Joachim Araujo on RTL, the father of the little girl killed in 2017. 

"A murderer, a child killer, a pedophile gave life in a prison"

In the spring of 2022, Nordhal Lelandais had beené surprised by prison officers in the middle of a sexual relationship with a visitor during a visiting room according to Le Parisien. Facts which took place in the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier prison (Isère). In September 2022, the former dog handler was released. transferred &agrav; Ensisheim prison (Haut-Rhin). The child's mother is "between 33 and 35 years old" and settled in Ensisheim indicated; a source &agrav; an AFP correspondent, à a few hundred meters from the prison. She had met Lelandais for the first time in the Isère prison.

"A murderer, a child killer, a pedophile gave life in a prison. It's beyond of reality" declares Father De Maëlys. For her part, her mother is said to be "disgustedûtée" on a message published on the Facebook social network. "Poor child… what family did he fall into". In the same message, she regrets "that chemical castration is not used in France".

The child conceived in a unit of family life

The question now arises of the conditions of detention of Nordahl Lelandais. "I have the feeling that he's good. That he is not here complain. I was far from imagining a bedroom with a living room. bed, &agrav; inside a prison like ça" explains Joachim de Araujo, always for RTL. "For me, we need to review the laws to prevent ça. It is not possible that we tolerate such a thing. he added.

"Like any inmate, Nordahl Lelandais has the right to rebuild a life behind bars. Deprivation of liberty does not entail the suppression of other rights, in particular that of having a partner or becoming a father. explained Me Mathieu Moutous, one of Lelandais' lawyers to the Parisien. Indeed, if detainees are deprived of their liberty, nothing is said about their fundamental rights, including the right to have sexual relations with the person of their choice within a very specific and regulated framework, such as, for example, family living units. The child would have been designed in the Alsatian prison, in a unité of family life (UVF).

How does a UVF work ?

Obtaining a unit Family life is in no way a privilege, but a right for every inmate. "Any detained person can benefit from his request for at least one quarterly visit to a unit; family life or a family visiting room, the duration of which is fixed taking into account the distance of the visitor" can we read in article 36 of the prison law n°2009-1436 of November 24, 2009. A UVF can be apparent to an apartment allowing you to find your loved ones without the presence of surveillance personnel. The length of the interview can vary from 6 to 10 minutes. 72 hours. This right is subject to the agreement of the magistrate seized of the file of the procedure.