Three prison guards were injured Friday after a " very serious incident " with detainees in Lantin, north of Liège (Belgium), Kathleen Van De Vijver, spokeswoman for the prison administration, told AFP.
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" The three guards are in the hospital, " she said. “ Six inmates climbed onto the roof of the courtyard. They cannot escape, ”she added. Kathleen Van de Vijver could not give further details on the causes of these incidents and on these circumstances.
In France, several incidents, sometimes violent, took place, inmates protesting in particular against health conditions during the epidemic caused by the coronavirus, in a context of overcrowding and chronic promiscuity.