A complaint has just been filed against the Roanne prison (Loire), where a 41-year-old inmate died in February by hanging in a cell in the disciplinary unit, we learned this Saturday March 16 from consistent sources.
In his complaint filed Wednesday against the Roanne detention center, consulted by AFP, Farès Gana believes that
"guards are responsible for the murder of (his) brother"
, evoking
"revenge"
against the latter who had committed it. escaped in 2012.
The Roanne public prosecutor's office told AFP that it
"will be joined to the ongoing investigation into the causes of death"
.
Eddy Gana died on February 4 at Roanne hospital where he had been taken the previous night by emergency services in a state of brain death, union sources from the Prison Administration told AFP.
“Anti-suicide”
“On the night of February 3 to 4, he announced at 10:05 p.m. over the intercom of his cell that he was ending his life,”
said the Regional Directorate of Prison Administration, adding that a
“procedure adapted support was initiated in the minutes that followed
.
When they arrived on site, supervisors gave him a cardiac massage which helped restart his heart, the same source said.
Eddy Gana was to be released next November.
He did not benefit from any particular monitoring because he was not declared suicidal, according to union sources and AP management.
He had been placed in solitary confinement following a fight with another inmate.
Farès Gana still believes
“that we wanted to make his brother, who was “anti-suicide””
and who had already
“overcome”
17 years of detention, pay for escaping from this prison in May 2012.
An escape by trickery, by lining up with the visitors at the end of a visiting room, which, according to him, had been
“followed by sanctions among the staff”
.