Overview
- The prison administration announced Thursday that the Réau QLCO will begin receiving transfers in the coming weeks and that exact dates will not be disclosed for security reasons.
- The unit was built inside the 800‑place centre pénitentiaire de Réau with about €4.5 million of works and replaces a former maison centrale.
- Security measures include sealed furniture, live‑monitored phones, triple grills on windows, blind armored doors with menotage flaps, and millimetre‑wave scanners to block contraband and hidden devices.
- Forty‑one specially trained volunteer staff will be permanently assigned to the 20 places, reflecting a high staff‑to‑prisoner ratio geared toward intensive containment.
- The Réau opening follows two pilot QLCOs at Vendin‑le‑Vieil and Condé‑sur‑Sarthe and precedes planned units in Valence, Aix‑en‑Provence and Saint‑Laurent‑du‑Maroni, signaling a shift to costly, small‑scale units focused on narcotics and other organized‑crime networks.