the prison director of Arles explains himself to the Law Commission of the National Assembly

Could the attack on Yvan Colonna, on March 2, by a radicalized prisoner have been avoided? The law commission of the National Assembly heard, on the morning of Wednesday March 30, the directors of the prison of Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), where he was imprisoned. Why was the attack, filmed by the cameras, not interrupted by the guards?

For the director in office today, it is impossible to watch 280 cameras at the same time, while individually monitoring the particularly reported detainees (DPS). “It is impossible, and it is not even in the regulatory prescriptions of the administration, to put an agent for one, two, three or four DPS”indicates Marc Ollier, head of establishment of the central house of Arles.

How was the radicalized prisoner, who had notably taken a psychiatric nurse hostage in another prison, allowed to work as a cleaning assistant in the sports hall of Arles prison? “Nothing, nothing, nothing, like he was going to attack Colonna, or for that matter another inmate”, assures Marc Ollier. A criminal investigation, carried out by the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office, and an administrative investigation, carried out by the general inspection of justice, have been opened.