This administrative sanction is independent of the criminal proceedings brought against him. On June 18, this prisoner had attempted to inflict injuries on the face and neck of a guard using a homemade weapon. The unions are referring to this as an “attempted assassination.”
Tuesday June 18, an inmate placed in the disciplinary unit of the only Gard prison, one of the most overcrowded in France, inflicted violence on a prison officer. Taking advantage of the opening of his cell during the distribution of the mid-day meal, he allegedly tried to inflict blows on his face and neck, with a pen firmly attached to his hand using a piece of sheet.
On Tuesday, June 25, the young prisoner in question, a homeless man now from Gard originally from the Paris region, was brought before the disciplinary committee of the penitentiary, according to our information without a lawyer, despite his request to be assisted by a legal officer during this procedure.
Assault filmed
At the end of the debates and after viewing the video surveillance images which filmed the scene, the inmate in question received the most severe disciplinary sanction possible (incurred in particular in the event of physical violence perpetrated on a member of the prison administration or even on another inmate), namely 30 days of complete isolation in the disciplinary unit.
According to our information, during his hearing, as part of this administrative procedure, the prisoner who caused the violence claimed responsibility for his actions. And explained, at the end of it, that he wanted to be transferred immediately to another establishment.
During previous incarcerations, this 23-year-old prisoner known for his impulsiveness, was reportedly already found in possession of homemade weapons. A cutting weapon made with a piece of mirror as well as a fork with several tines bent. Two weapons that he had never used, however. These having been seized by prison administration officers prior to any possible use.
Still incarcerated in Nîmes, this inmate is reportedly serving a sentence there for “carrying weapons as a repeat offender”.
