At Fleury-Mérogis prison, prisoners are already voting for the presidential election

by time news

Ballot box, voting booth and assessor, at the Fleury-Mérogis remand center in Essonne, dozens of detainees vote by post for the first round of the presidential election, this Wednesday, April 6. This is the first time that this voting method, tested in 2019 for the European election, has been used in a presidential election.

“I didn’t know you could still vote in prison, wonders one of the prisoners. This is something that I have just learned very recently, not even ten days ago, from the supervisors. »

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