Application for accreditation to become a prison visitor

1. Apply by filling in the online form
2. Validate the application
3. In case of wish to join atANVP: titleContent or to grant him donation, pay online (by credit card)

THEANVP: titleContent immediately send a mail to the candidate to inform him that his request has been taken into account.

After applying for accreditation, the candidate meets with the correspondent ANVP: titleContent and the person responsible for prison insertion and probation service of the prison in which he wishes to volunteer.

Then, he is the subject of an administrative investigation (on his personality, his psychological balance, his availability, etc.). This investigation can last several months.

Following these 3 steps, the Director of the SPIP: titleContent draw up a report and ask for the opinion of the prefect of the department in which the candidate resides.

The file is then forwarded to the interregional director of prison services (the director's superior). SPIP: titleContent), which makes the final decision. He can accept or refuse the application.

It may take several months to review the application.

If he refuses approval, the interregional director of prison services must justify his decision. The refusal may be based on the absence of need in the prison or on the unfavorable opinion of the prefect.

There is no recourse in the event of refusal of authorization. The candidate can only have access to his file.

However, if the interregional director has not replied to the candidate in a 2 months delay upon receipt of his complete file, the candidate may refer the matter to the administrative court.