On Wednesday, the Jail Service of the Czech Republic carried out a large-scale raid within the jail in Valdice in Jičín area because of the suspicion of a prisoner riot. The suspicion additionally associated to the unlawful possession of medication and different unauthorized objects by prisoners. Jail service items from a number of prisons responded to the scene. The Jail Service said this in a press launch message. Valdice jail is also known as the toughest jail within the Czech Republic. In latest months, greater than 60 workers have resigned from the jail, together with a few third of the guards.
Wednesday’s intervention lasted 5 hours and the jail service described it as a preventive-security joint motion of items from a number of prisons. “At its starting, there was an actual suspicion of misconduct by a number of prisoners. The occasion was concluded with the results of the verification of the nice cooperation of all collaborating elements,” said the Jail Service of the Czech Republic.
After discovering the suspicion of possession of medication, unlawful objects and makes an attempt to impress a riot by the prisoners, the jail service known as the disaster group on the common directorate and likewise the disaster group on the Valdice jail. “A number of items from prisons have been known as in and an in depth test of individuals and components of the Valdice Jail constructing was began. There was no risk to the safety of the jail,” the jail service stated, including that it was now processing the outcomes of the motion.
In early June, police charged 9 folks with smuggling medication and medicines into the jail. 5 of the accused are prisoners, three are ladies. Detectives and the jail service have been engaged on the case since final September, when the guards got here throughout a bundle with a suspicious substance whereas checking shipments. Medication and medicines got here to the jail hidden within the cuffs of sweatpants, in sponges for laundry dishes, in felt-tip pens, in plasters or foam stickers. The sending of medication to the Valdice jail was not detected by the police for the primary time.
There have been 1,017 convicts in Valdice in mid-June, of which 14 have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Concerning the statements of the jail workers and guards, the jail service spokeswoman Markéta Prunerová beforehand said that the operation of the jail just isn’t at risk due to this. The tabulated variety of workers and members of Valdice Jail is 419.5 locations, of which 350 locations have been occupied in mid-June.
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