An appeal issued to 911, from the very interior of the Orsainville prison, and signaling the introduction of a weapon in the establishment, led to a police operation and the containment of the prisoners.
Posted at 4:01 p.m.
According to our sources, the appeal would have been issued to 911 by an inmate from his prison cell with his own cell, to prevent that a craft firearm and bullets were introduced within the pregnant of the detention establishment from Quebec, also known as Orsainville prison
The prison sector concerned would be that of the Blood Family Mafia (BFM or BMF), a street gang openly involved in a drug of drugs with the Hells Angels.
A excavation was carried out in this prison sector. Sunday, still according to our information, the establishment was still in confinement and the prisoners were kept confined in their cells, waiting for the situation to light up.
“This is not the first problem we have with street gangs and organized crime inside the walls,” recalls Mathieu Lavoie, national president of the Syndicate of Peace Agents in Correctional Services of Quebec. “Delivery by drones, the profusion of craft weapons and cellular is a real scourge. This is a generalized problem in several establishments, whether in Quebec, Montreal or elsewhere. »»
In particular, “the BMF sector does a lot of intimidation, threats and allusions to staff. This is what we have heard for several weeks, several months, in this sector, ”says Mathieu Lavoie.
-His words echo the file published in The press In December, which reports an unprecedented crisis in Quebec prisons.
Also read “Prisons du Québec: prisoners make the law”
The Sûreté du Québec confirmed to The press Having carried out an operation at the detention center on the night of Saturday to Sunday, which turned out to be “negative”. In other words, the police had a search, but did not find what they were looking for.
Prison authorities have not been able to confirm the details of this situation to The press.
With Mayssa Ferah and Daniel Renaud, The press
