A detainee was found hanged in his cell at Rennes-Vézin-le-Coquet prison, the second suicide in three days in this establishment, AFP learned Thursday, November 4 from the prison administration.
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The 53-year-old inmate hanged himself overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
This suicide comes a few days after that of the main suspect in the murder of Magali Blandin, her husband Jérôme Gaillard, in the night from Sunday to Monday in this same establishment.
Jérôme Gaillard, who had admitted having killed his wife, was found hanged in a cell located in the wing reserved for vulnerable detainees.
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There are 12 supervisors for 800 detainees for the night service and we make four rounds at night for fragile detainees
," reacted Eric Toxé, Ufap-Unsa union representative joined by AFP.
"
It's the law of series, unfortunately, it's like outside the prison, these are acts that are difficult to avoid when you really want to take action, there will always be a flaw
" he estimated.
