A 22-year-old inmate committed suicide by hanging Wednesday afternoon at the Lyon-Corbas, we learned from the firefighters, confirming daily information Progress .
Alerted around 5:30 p.m., the firefighters and the Samu tried to resuscitate the young man, without success, said the same source.
This suicide was confirmed by a spokesperson for the interregional directorate of prison services in Lyon, who did not wish to give details on the victim and the circumstances of these facts.
The prosecution has been informed about the follow-up to be given to the investigation
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The Lyon-Corbas remand center, planned to accommodate 690 places, including 60 for women, was put into service in 2009.
In 2019, 128 prisoners committed suicide, three fewer than in 2018, according to the management of the prison administration (DAP). Between January 1 and August 17, 82 suicides had already been recorded, against 72 over the same period last year. A young man had already taken his own life in Lyon-Corbas prison on January 6, 2020.
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