Le Figaro Marseille
An inmate of the Aix-Luynes penitentiary center, in Bouches-du-Rhône, was killed in his cell during the night from Saturday to Sunday by his fellow inmate.
The facts, revealed by
La Provence
and confirmed to Le
Figaro
by a police source, took place around 2 a.m.
The prison management alerted the police after the discovery of the lifeless body of an inmate in the cell of one of its remand centers.
Still according to this source, the police arrested the victim's fellow prisoner, immediately suspected of the facts.
As reported by AFP, the victim was 23 years old and was serving a two-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, even being released in 15 days.
His fellow prisoner, also aged 23, was serving a seven-year prison sentence, also for drug trafficking and
“aggravated violence”
.
He was for his part releasable in 2028.
Investigation opened for “assassination”
Contacted by AFP, the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon, indicated that the detainee died following
“a rain of blows”
causing trauma. cranial.
An investigation has been opened for
“assassination”
and should lead to the opening of a judicial investigation this Monday.
The implicated detainee should be presented before a liberty and detention judge.
The Aix-Luynes penitentiary center, whose “Aix-Luynes 2” extension was built in 2018, suffers from serious overcrowding problems.
As noted by
Le Figaro
at the beginning of February, the prison centers currently accommodate nearly 2,000 prisoners, for a theoretical capacity of 1,400 prisoners.
This prison overcrowding, combined with unsanitary problems at “Aix-Luynes 1”, leads to fueling a certain climate of insecurity in many areas of the penitentiary center.