Six positive cases of Covid-19 among the guards have been detected since Tuesday in the prison of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in Isère, where Nordahl Lelandais is detained, the prison administration confirmed on Wednesday, which speaks of a situation "
perfectly mastered
”.
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This epidemic outbreak was reported Wednesday morning to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), as the procedure requires, the administration told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily Dauphiné Libéré. No case has been reported among the detainees, and this cluster has for the moment "
no impact on detention or on judicial extractions
", adds the same source, in particular that of Nordahl Lelandais. Detained in solitary confinement, the latter will have to be taken out of his cell from Monday to appear before the Assize Court of Savoy for the murder of Arthur Noyer in 2017. The prison administration has not seen any obstacle to his appearance next week,specifying that judicial extractions are stopped “
for sick people.
"
Nobody is safe
", nuance Alain Chevallier, union representative UFAP-Unsa penitentiary at the penitentiary center of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, which has about 500 inmates for 135 supervisors. "
There is no guarantee that Lelandais or any detainee whatsoever is not, at one time, positive for the virus
", adds this representative of the supervisors, contacted by AFP.
Mr. Chevallier also criticizes a management "
which does everything not to give us the information
" while the epidemic situation "
flares
" in the prisons. He mentions in particular a fight between detainees on Sunday, which was separated by supervisors who are now positive. "
We have contact cases among detainees (but) the administration makes sure to forget them, because that supposes behind restrictive measures more important for them
", still estimates the union representative.