He has been actively wanted by the police since that night.
A young inmate from the Baumettes penitentiary center took advantage of an examination at the North hospital in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) to dress up, indicates the Marseille prosecutor's office, confirming information from Provence.
On Wednesday evening, the 22-year-old inmate set a few pieces of paper ablaze in his cell.
No fire, but the incident is important enough for the firefighters to intervene, "as is the protocol", indicates a union source.
To ensure his good health, in this specific case, his psychiatric health, the young man is transferred to the North Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the city.
That evening, another union source tells us, the emergency rooms are overloaded and instead of being examined in a "police box", as the procedure calls for, the detainee is installed in a "classic box".
For security reasons, he is handcuffed to his medical bed "to prevent an escape".
He takes off his handcuffs and jumps out the window
When the shrink arrives, he asks the guards, supposed to be two for this type of escort, to leave the box. The prison officers comply. At the end of the consultation, by the time the caregiver left the box and the supervisors returned to their place with the detainee, the latter fled. "He managed to remove his handcuffs and went out the window" of the emergency room, located on the ground floor of the hospital. Immediately, the search is entrusted to the police.
Should the guards stay with the detainee in disregard of medical confidentiality and the young man's private life?
“Not having a secure box is a problem.
And the medical staff are often a little too comfortable with the detainees, comments Cyril Huet-Lambing, deputy national delegate of the SPS union.
We are as much in charge of the safety of the detainee as of that of the caregivers and third parties ”.
According to our information, the young detainee is not considered dangerous.
He was in jail for a short sentence and had engaged in "very arrogant behavior", even though he was known to be "victimized" by his fellow inmates.