Unrest in French Prisons: Guards Standoff After Lethal Prisoner Escape

Day after violence run away of prisoners in France, there may be unrest in French prisons. At varied detention facilities within the nation, workers have arrange obstacles on the entrance. They need higher safety and higher working situations.

Yesterday morning armed and masked males attacked the van containing the prisoner. Two guards have been killed. Three others have been injured. The prisoner, Mohamed A., continues to be on the run.

French unions yesterday referred to as on jail staff to take motion at the moment “to precise our emotions and help our colleagues who’ve died in service”. The unions need the transport of great criminals to be restricted, they need higher tools and extra manpower.

“Yesterday we have been unhappy, now we’re additionally indignant,” Marc Berkane, head of the Union of Jail Supervisors, informed Le Figaro newspaper. “We’re telling ministers and the federal government that they have to meet the calls for that the unions have been making for years. They need to not wait for one more extraordinary occasion.”

The pinnacle of the union was at a gathering of greater than 100 staff within the Baumettes jail in Marseille. Picket pallets have been set on fireplace in entrance of the jail door. In any other case, the assembly appeared to proceed peacefully. Protests have been additionally held in different prisons.

At 11am this morning, jail workers throughout the nation held a second of silence for his or her colleagues who have been killed and wounded. It’s now identified that 34-year-old Arnaud Garcia is without doubt one of the lifeless guards. Quickly he can be a father. His father tells Le Figaro that he’s unhappy and indignant. “My son has been taken from me. We’re devastated, particularly my daughter-in-law.”

The opposite sufferer was a 52-year-old officer who had labored within the jail system for 30 years. He leaves behind two youngsters, says the French prosecutor.

Within the morning, a whole bunch of individuals gathered in entrance of the Baumettes jail:

Mohamed A., nicknamed ‘the fly’, was returned yesterday morning from a listening to in Rouen to a jail in Évreux, a journey of lower than an hour within the north of France. The van was rammed by a stolen automobile at a toll highway.

Armed males acquired out of one other automobile and opened fireplace on the police van. Pictures circulating on social media yesterday present armed males strolling across the van.

Mohamed A. was sentenced to 18 months in jail final week for housebreaking. He’s additionally accused of tried homicide and is alleged to be the pinnacle of a drug gang. Interpol has positioned A. on the worldwide wished checklist.

A hunt is underway in France for the prison and his accomplices. Inside Minister Darmanin says he has deployed “unprecedented sources” to catch the gang. He informed a French radio station that “nice progress” was being made within the investigation, which concerned 450 officers.