an inmate killed on his prison walk
A 22-year-old prisoner died of a stab wound this Wednesday, August 3 at the Avignon-Le Pontet penitentiary center, during a walk of prisoners from the disciplinary section, five of whom are in police custody, we informed from the Avignon public prosecutor’s office and from a trade union source.
“The exact circumstances and motives remain to be determined”, indicated to AFP by the prosecutor of Avignon Florence Galtier, who went to the scene. According to the Force Ouvrière (FO) union, “a violent fight” a burst between detainees and one of them was “stabbed”. The prosecutor did not mention a “widespread fight” indicating only that six detainees from the disciplinary section were in the yard when one of them received a fatal stab wound.
“The supervisors did not hesitate to enter the yard to extract the victim in order to provide him with first aid”, “in vain because she is died of her injuries“, specified his side FO. “Five people, the other detainees present in the courtyard, are in custody,” the prosecutor told AFP.
“This is an absolute dramathe death of a young man is always a tragedy,” Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said during a press briefing on Wednesday on the sidelines of a trip to Marseille.