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"Suspicion of Covid-19" for a 45-year-old detainee who died in Douai prison

2020-04-03T19:09:28.448Z


An inmate imprisoned for four months died after suffering from a high fever. An autopsy must be performed on Monday to establish


He should have spent only four months behind bars and did not take advantage of the measures taken by the Ministry of Justice to relieve congestion because of the Covid-19 epidemic. According to our information, confirmed by Frédéric Teillet, the public prosecutor of Douai (North), an inmate of Douai prison aged 45 died on Thursday in the remand center.

Firefighters were called to prison on Thursday after the detainee suffered from a high fever. He also suffered from speech difficulties shortly before his death, according to a source familiar with the matter. According to Frédéric Teillet, this 45-year-old man "was serving an 8-month sentence, 4 of which were suspended with probation, for domestic violence". He had been sentenced during an immediate appearance "on February 24, 2020".

According to our information, the death certificate drawn up by the rescuers evokes a "suspicion of Covid-19" to explain his death. The high fever felt by the victim - 40 ° according to a source close to the file - in any case confirms this hypothesis. "No diagnosis has been made to date," however tempers Frédéric Telliet, who asked that an autopsy be performed to confirm the cause of death. The latter should be practiced on Monday.

6,266 prisoners released

Since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, the situation has been extremely complicated in French prisons, where promiscuity promotes the transmission of the disease. Already on March 16, a prisoner in Fresnes (Val-de-Marne) died of the coronavirus. At the end of the same month, a prison supervisor in Loiret died, affected by the Covid-19. To avoid a hecatomb in prisons, the justice system proceeded, between March 16 and April 1, to the release of 6,266 people, explained this Friday the Ministry of Justice.

In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, Nicole Belloubet, the Minister of Justice, explained the conditions for a detainee to be released from prison: having less than two months' detention left to serve and not having been sentenced for a crime, acts linked to terrorism or domestic violence, which was the case of the man who died behind the walls of Douai prison.

Source: leparis

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