Man found hanging in his cell

A 26-year-old man was found hanging dead on Monday in his cell at the La Talaudière remand center (Loire), we learned this Wednesday from a union source and from the Saint-Etienne public prosecutor's office. “The lifeless body of the inmate, who was alone in his cell, was discovered hanging on Monday around five o'clock by prison guards during their security round,” says a representative of Ufap-Unsa, confirming a information from the regional daily Progress.

“It is probably a suicide,” said Saint-Etienne prosecutor David Charmatz, specifying that an autopsy of the young man is planned for this Wednesday as part of an investigation “searching for the causes of death”. The young detainee, who was not being monitored for suicidal tendencies or psychological disorders, was sentenced at the end of November to an eighteen-month prison sentence for “refusal to comply with endangerment, driving without a license , concealment of vehicle theft and violence against persons holding public authority,” the same source specifies.