Europe 1 with AFP 2:26 p.m., March 15, 2024
Six guards from the Réau prison (Seine-et-Marne) were indicted, two of whom were imprisoned, for having participated in various trafficking, particularly narcotics, in the establishment, the Melun prosecutor announced on Friday, Jean-Michel Bourlès.
The six guards at Réau prison had been placed in police custody for having "participated in the introduction into custody of prohibited objects or substances, in particular mobile phones, bottles of alcohol and narcotics", according to the parquet.
In addition to the two imprisoned, three others were imprisoned pending an adversarial debate, which will take place Monday and Tuesday.
The sixth was placed under judicial supervision with a ban on exercising his professional activity.
Suspected of having started their trafficking in October 2022
These supervisors are suspected of having started their trafficking in October 2022. For remuneration, they smuggled cannabis resin, mobile phones and chargers, alcohol and perfume bottles, a source close to the matter detailed to AFP.
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Several thousand euros in cash were found in the homes of some of the accused.
The investigation, entrusted to the Melun-Val de Seine police station, began after a report from the prison services.
The investigation continues
A judicial investigation was opened Thursday for drug trafficking, illicit delivery of items in custody, money laundering and corruption and criminal conspiracy.
The investigation is now continuing under the direction of an investigating judge.
In direct contact with prisoners, guards are prime targets for corruption attempts, particularly from criminal organizations.
In recent years, several prison corruption cases have come to trial in court.
In March 2023, a 39-year-old guard from the La Talaudière penitentiary center (Loire) was sentenced to three years in prison, half of which was suspended.
He managed to bring in, without being controlled by his colleagues, foodstuffs, game consoles and mobile phones, narcotics and even an inflatable swimming pool.