Where should the application be sent?
The visiting permit application for a convicted person serving their sentence at Fleury-Mérogis prison must be sent by post to the prison governor at the following address:
Maison d'arrêt de Fleury-Mérogis
M. le Chef d'établissement
Service des permis de visite
7 avenue des Peupliers
91700 FLEURY-MEROGIS
Which documents should be provided?
Documents to be provided by family members
- CERFA form
- Two passport photos taken within the last three months
- A double-sided photocopy of a valid identity card or residence permit
- A birth certificate extract
- Any document proving your family relationship with the prisoner (copy of the family record book…)
- Any document proving shared parental authority over a child
- A stamped envelope addressed to yourself
Documents to be provided by friends or relatives who are not family members
- CERFA form
- Two passport photos taken within the last three months
- A double-sided photocopy of a valid identity card or residence permit
- A birth certificate extract
- A letter explaining the nature of your relationship with the prisoner
- A stamped envelope addressed to yourself
Booking a visit at Fleury-Mérogis prison
Once your visiting permit has been granted, it is up to you to contact Fleury-Mérogis prison to book a visit.
- To book a visit at the men's remand prison: call +33 1 72 49 90 10 or +33 1 69 72 30 00 (Monday to Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm)
- Visits at the women's remand prison: +33 1 72 49 90 10 (Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 am to 11:30 am; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 am to 11:30 am and from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Visits can also be booked at the touch-screen terminals in the family areas of the men's and women's remand prisons, or in the visiting area of the women's remand prison. On the first visit, the visiting service gives each permit holder a card with a barcode.
Each prisoner is entitled to 3 visits per week, and you can book your visits up to 2 weeks ahead.
A visit you have booked can no longer be reassigned to someone else. However, you can give your place to a relative or friend who holds a visiting permit.
You can spend 45 minutes with the prisoner you are visiting.
Download the family welcome booklet
All the useful information is gathered in this document: download it here.
Bringing belongings to a prisoner at Fleury-Mérogis prison
During the visit, the prisoner can hand over dirty laundry to visitors and receive clean laundry in exchange once a week.
- Visiting permit holders may only drop off laundry during their visit. Items must be left in a bag closed with a zip.
- People without a visiting permit can also drop off laundry in a zipped bag by going to the main entrance (with an identity document) from Monday to Saturday (except public holidays), from 9:30 am to 10:45 am and from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm. The laundry will be distributed within the following 2 days by the laundry officer of the building concerned.
Please note: some clothing is prohibited, including: clothing resembling a uniform, combat trousers, balaclavas, hoods, blue, khaki or camouflage-print parkas, blue shirts, red/orange T-shirts or polo shirts, work overalls, navy blue trousers, clothing with laces or hoods, leather clothing or clothing with metal plates, belts, hats, caps, ties, scarves, leather gloves, dress shoes, shoes containing metal, dressing gowns, bathrobes, djellabas, kimonos, boubous and bath towels.
Sending money to a prisoner
To send a "money order" or a bank transfer to a prisoner at Fleury-Mérogis prison, you need to add the bank details of the Fleury-Mérogis personal accounts office (Régie des comptes nominatifs).
Download the bank details of FLEURY-MÉROGIS prison: download it here.
IMPORTANT: the transfer order must include the following description: PRISONER NUMBER - SURNAME - FIRST NAME
Contact your criminal defense law firm
Maître Maximilien FOURT's firm has recognised experience in sentence adjustment. It regularly appears at Fleury-Mérogis prison at adversarial hearings before the sentence enforcement judge, to obtain the release of its clients through a sentence adjustment (electronic tag, day release, parole…).