He accuses eight guards at Lille-Annoeulin prison of having “beaten him up”, referring to “arm locks”, “a kick” in the face and “punches to the back and neck” . But also for having uttered racist insults against him.
An inmate filed a complaint for “intentional violence by a person holding public authority” after violence which allegedly took place on December 4 in a search room, according to a press release from the French section of the International Prison Observatory (OIP) . After this complaint, a judicial investigation was opened by the Lille public prosecutor's office, we learned from the interregional directorate of prison services.
The inmate convicted of violence against a guard
While examining the inmate in the health unit on December 5 and 6, caregivers noted several injuries. “A wound above the left arch”, multiple “bruises”, a “wound and bruise on the left leg over 10 centimeters” and a “muscle tear of the left adductor, with significant hematoma and swelling », Detailed the OIP.
According to the plaintiff's lawyer, Me Soulifa Badaoui, this attack occurred after returning from a hearing at the Lille judicial court, where his client was sentenced to an additional sentence of six months of home detention under electronic surveillance for violence. verbal and physical attacks against a supervisor. The judge's decision “must not have pleased the supervisor involved and his colleagues”, supposed the lawyer, quoted in the OIP press release.
