Incarcerated in the isolation section of Bordeaux-Gradignan prison since the start of the week, Pierre Palmade is said to be suffering from particularly difficult detention conditions.
Pierre Palmade entered Bordeaux-Gradignan prison on Monday, December 9. Tried on November 20, 2024, before the Melun criminal court, for “aggravated involuntary injuries” – after causing a serious road accident in February 2023 – the comedian was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, including two years. . He chose not to appeal that conviction and less than three weeks later he was incarcerated and placed in the prison’s isolation section, usually reserved for the most dangerous or high-profile inmates. But the conditions of detention of the 56-year-old man would prove particularly difficult.
Pierre Palmade incarcerated in Bordeaux: his very harsh conditions of detention
Our colleagues from Europe 1 actually report that the isolation district where is located Pierre Palmade is a dilapidated sector, “poorly insulated and unsanitary“, located on the sixth floor of one of the oldest buildings of the Bordeaux-Gradignan Prison Center. The comedian would thus not have the right to come into contact with other prisoners, neither during meals, nor during walks in the courtyard, which in reality would turn out to be an interior room where he “is impossible to see daylight and the air quality is very poor“, points out the station’s website. The actor can still receive visits from his loved ones and continue to follow his treatment path. He recalled during his trial that he had started a detoxification treatment after causing the accident under the influence of drugs.
Pierre Palmade may request an adjustment to his prison sentence
If he was sentenced to prison for two years, now that he has been imprisoned, Pierre Palmade will still be able to “formulate a request for sentence modification which will be submitted to the decision of a sentence enforcement judge“, explained the Bordeaux public prosecutor’s office, after the announcement of the sentence by the Melun criminal court.
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