The investigating judges of the Metz court indicted three prison supervisors from the Metz-Queuleu remand center for “
complicity in willful violence
,” the prosecution said on Wednesday (March 17th).
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"
This is a case where detainees complained of being beaten by other detainees, and that some guards facilitated the thing or let it happen
", announced to AFP the public prosecutor of Metz, Christian Mercuri, confirming information from the daily
Le Républicain Lorrain
.
Placed under judicial supervision, the three prison officers were prohibited from going to the remand center.
Asked, the interregional directorate of the prison administration did not wish to speak.
In this case, which has been the subject of a judicial investigation "
for at least two years
", several detainees were also indicted for acts of violence.
In another case, one of the supervisors is also being prosecuted for bringing alcohol into the remand center.
