Par Anaelle Mountain
Published on August 30, 23 at 7:02 pm updated on August 30, 23 at 7:04 pm See my news Follow Actu Bordeaux The penitentiary center of Gradignan. (©Actu Bordeaux / Anaëlle Montagne)
A prison guard in Gradignan, near Bordeaux, was violently assaulted by an inmate this Wednesday, August 23, 2023 shortly before 3 p.m.
He received several punches while working in building A, reserved for men. He was hit in the chest and face before the detainee “tried to strangle him”, according to the UFAP UNSA union in Gradignan.
Transferred to the disciplinary blockthe man then “attempted to commit suicide several times” when he learned that he would have to stay there for thirty days.
A violent assault
On the day of the assault, the inmate had asked take a shower outside the regulated time, in the midst of a heat wave. which he was denied. “We didn’t want to offer him an à la carte shower,” says Ronan Roudaut, local secretary UFAP UNSA Justice. This is mainly because when it was offered to him in the usual slots, the prisoner did not want to go. »
Still according to UFAP, the “dissatisfied” detainee then began to “deliberately flood his cell and part of the passageway on the 3rd floor”.
When a supervisor went to ask him to stop or he would have his water cut off, “in return he received a punch chest and nose; Next, the inmate tried to strangle him,” says Ronan. The intervention of two agents of the prison was necessary to subdue the prisoner.
The inmate already back in his original cell
Put in a disciplinary cell the same day as a preventive measure, the prisoner was then sentenced to thirty days in the disciplinary district on Friday 25, according to Ronan Roudaut. News that he would not have digested.
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” He has attempted suicide for the first time, relates the UFAP secretary. After receiving treatment, he was sent to a CPROU cell (suicide prevention) and this time decided to swallow razor blades. »
Transferred to the hospital, he would have behaved “very virulently” with the staff on site. Given his suicidal tendencies, the inmate “was deemed incompatible with the disciplinary unit and was returned to his original cellwithout any coercive measures”.
“It is not surprising that the agents no longer come to work”
“It’s back to square one,” says Ronan. It is an unacceptable situation for our colleague who was assaulted, he is still traumatized and when he comes back, the inmate will be where he left off. I remind you that he is a very dangerous prisoner imprisoned for extremely serious offenses, who is ready to go all the way. »
Le syndicat UFAP UNSA Justice « exige a maximum penalty for the aggressor as well as his transfer”. “We, too, asked the management to request the transfer of this detainee with multiple reports of incidents”, emphasizes Hubert Grataud, Force Ouvrière Justice union delegate.
While waiting for a potential transfer authorization, Ronan Roudaut hopes to see him placed in isolation. “Our priority is to protect the few agents who still come to the corridors. If we don’t even take these measures, we should not be surprised that the agents no longer come to work. »
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2023-08-31 00:24:57
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