A 46-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell at the detention center located on Ile-Saint-Étienne in Melun. The man left a note indicating who should return his personal belongings.
He had been behind bars since 2020 following an affair of a sexual nature. He was due to be released in October 2030. In 2022, 125 incarcerated people died by suicide in France, according to the International Prison Observatory (OIP) In September 2021, a man in pre-trial detention for a sexual assault case committed suicide a few days before his trial.