The coronavirus does not spare prisons. According to a new assessment of the prison administration presented Friday, 54 guards were tested positive in prison and 793 staff are placed in the fortnight. Among the prisoners, 21 positive cases were identified, and 471 were placed in medical confinement.
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"For us detainees, it will be a matter of time before we learn of the deaths. There have been, they have been in their cell for a week, ten days, they are sick, they cough, they have dizziness, fever, "warned on Monday a Fleury-Mérogis prisoner, at the microphone of Europe 1." They stay in their cell and if they are ever tested positive, their fellow prisoner also remains, by default, confined ", he went on.
Several convictions have also been pronounced after mutinies linked to confinement (closings of visiting rooms, limitation of outings, etc.): 5 in Béziers, 2 in Le Mans, 1 in Meaux, 2 in Fleury, 1 in Nice. 29 police custody have been decided, and 20 railings are planned. 76 disciplinary sanctions have already been imposed.