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“
It didn't take much
,” reports William Cozic, local FO union representative for prison guards.
This Tuesday morning, around 9:30 a.m., the firefighters intervened at the Nantes remand center, located rue de la Mainguais, at 9:31 a.m., for an inmate who had cut his veins in the neck and inside the elbow. .
He would have tried to commit suicide.
This 50-year-old man, involved in a criminal case, was found by a prison officer on his chair, bleeding, at the time of the distribution of canteens, specifies the union.
The staff then raised an alarm and colleagues came in to provide first aid while waiting for the arrival of medical personnel.
"
Relief is relatively optimistic
," says William Cozic, welcoming the action of his peers.
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“
It is unfortunately quite common
, reports for its part the interregional directorate of penitentiary services (DISP) Grand Ouest.
This is part of the daily life of supervisors, who are trained in this care.
We have also deployed a prevention policy.
If prisoners are not allowed to have weapons in the cell, some make them with razor blades or toothbrushes.
Some cells are intended for the most fragile people, likely to end their lives, with very few objects.
Today's victim was not in this situation: "
There was nothing to suggest an act
," says the Nantes representative of FO Justice.
A suicide since the beginning of the year
On February 9, 2023, an inmate was found hanged in the neighborhood of the Nantes remand center.
821 people are placed there awaiting trial or for short sentences (for 570 places).
In 2022, the establishment was confronted with a wave of suicides: five people had killed themselves there according to the DISP of Brittany, Normandy and Pays de la Loire, including two three days.
