“It’s an XXL cluster,” denounces the UFAP-UNSA union. At issue: prison overcrowding which promotes the spread of the virus.
With nearly 100 positive cases detected, 81 among inmates and 12 among staff, the Perpignan penitentiary has become a giant cluster.
The Omicron variant infects the Men’s Detention Center and the Delta variant is also rampant in the detention center.
The UFAP-UNSA union denounces prison overcrowding which promotes the spread of the virus. ” NOTe have more than 800 inmates for 525 places. Nearly 80 cells house 3 inmates in 9 square meters, without cell showers, unlike the others. This favors the spread of the pandemic “.
The detainees who test positive are grouped together on the same floor of the detention center, but at the Detention Center, the isolation of the sick is for the moment impossible.
” We have detainees tested positive on all floors, non-isolated is the problem of prison overcrowding, “continues the trade unionist.
The establishment of Perpignan continued to imprison this week despite the cluster, while other establishments such as Béziers or Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone have not imprisoned or have experienced a prison break in the same situation.
UFAP UNSA Justice before “this exceptional situation” request “the limitation of incarceration in the establishment and the closing of visiting rooms, the prohibition of Christmas packages – the few staff we have left must ensure the establishment’s security missions – and the suspension of visits by chaplains for the time being that we control the disease “.
The trade union organization also demands a reinforcement of personnel.