The psychiatrist expert concluded “that there was a decompensation of personality disorders having the effect of making him dangerous for himself or others” and recommended “constrained hospitalization in a specialized environment”, indicated the public prosecutor of Tarascon, Laurent Gumbau, in a press release sent to AFP.
This 37-year-old Guyanese national took four medical staff and a prison guard hostage for five hours on Friday, in the care unit of the Arles central prison where he sequestered them under threat of a homemade weapon , before surrendering without causing any injuries.
The man seemed to have the “motive” to change establishment, but “there was no specific, written request, as inmates can do with the prison administration,” the Tarascon prosecutor emphasized on Friday. . The custody of this detainee, who was serving an 18-year prison sentence at Arles central prison for rape at gunpoint, was lifted at 6:30 p.m., the magistrate said, “and an admission complete without consent implemented […] at the specialized hospital center of Montfavet” (Vaucluse).
Psychiatric disorders of the inmate
“He could ultimately be taken care of at the beginning of next week within the specially designed hospital unit (UHSA) in Marseille,” he added. As soon as his health condition “is sufficiently stabilized, he will be interviewed again as part of a resumption of the police custody measure”, specified Laurent Gumbau.
