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[Interest of the adapted physical activities for the staff of the penitentiary administration]
Guillaume R Coudevylle1, Stéphane Sinnapah1, Clément Ginoux2
1Laboratoire ACTES (EA 3596), UFR STAPS, Campus de Fouillole, Université des Antilles, BP 250, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, France.
Abstract:
The poor state of health of some prisoners, the tensions and violence that can exist in prisons lead the administration's staff to work in a sometimes difficult context. The regular practice of adapted physical activities appears to be a particularly opportune course of action for the agents concerned: it would bring them physical and psychological benefits in their professional exercise.
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