The prison of Meaux-Chauconin experienced another tragedy. Late last Sunday morning, a detained was found morthis carotid artery severed, in his locked cell upon the arrival of the prison officer who discovered the horrible scene, “Le Parisien” reported on Monday. The man was due to be released at the end of the month. The Meaux public prosecutor’s office indicated, at the start of the investigation, that the suicide route was favored.
The detainee was incarcerated in a neighborhood reserved for end of sentencecalled exit support structure (SAS). Locked up at the beginning of October for violence with armedhe benefited from a regime of semi-liberty (possibility of going out during the week, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.).
Another drama last summer
Last summer, the Meldois penitentiary center had already had to deal with the death of a man, recognized guilty on August 16 of “facts ofsexual assaultaggravated violence and arrest, kidnapping, kidnapping or arbitrary detention.” Sentenced to three years suspended, he should not have returned behind bars.
The administrative document filled out by the prosecution at the end of the hearing indicated an erroneous statement: continued detention. The Bobigny public prosecutor’s office, in Seine-Saint-Denis, opened a judicial investigation on September 10.
