This Friday, January 3, four nursing staff and a prison guard are held hostage at Arles prison by an inmate who wants to “change prison centers”.
Five people were held hostage this Friday, January 3, 2025 at Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône), police and prison sources indicated, confirming information from La Provence.
An inmate equipped with a homemade pick and known for “significant psychiatric disorders” is holding back four nursing staff and a prison guard, several sources reported.
“Not a terrorist profile”
The man does not present “a terrorist profile”, according to a prison source.
The hostage-taking began around 11:15 a.m. in the health unit of the Arles central house, said a prison source.
“The situation remains calm,” said a source close to the matter.
The 37-year-old man was incarcerated for rape at gunpoint. He says he wants to “change prison centers”, according to the source close to the matter.
The Raid on site
5 people are held hostage at the Arles central house, including 4 healthcare workers and a prison officer. We have mobilized all means to deal with it. I am following the evolution of the situation in real time.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin)
Several intervention forces, including the Raid, were deployed on site. “We have mobilized all means” to put an end to the hostage-taking, indicated on X the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin, saying he was following “the evolution of the situation in real time”.
The inmate was eligible for release in 2031, said the source close to the case.
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