A profession in shock. The prison union calls for a day “Dead Prisons” Wednesday May 15, possibly renewable, in support of the prison officers killed and injured in the attack on a van Tuesday in Eure. Two prison officers died and three were seriously injured. The Minister of Justice will receive the inter-union at 2 p.m.
The inter-union demands “an audience from Wednesday to the Minister of Justice and his services” to raise a series of demands. Among those, “the drastic reduction of extractions by promoting the use of videoconferencing by magistrates or their travel to establishments”, “an overhaul and harmonization of escort levels”. The inter-union also calls for a minute of silence to be observed at 11 a.m. throughout the administration.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In Auvergne, a “dead prison” operation is planned for Wednesday in the Auvergne penitentiary establishments of Montluçon (Allier), Moulins-Yzeure (Allier) and Riom (Puy-de-Dôme), reports France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne. “It’s an absolute drama, a tragedy”, explains Pierrick Bawol, head of the Force Ouvrière Justice union in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Note that nothing comes in and nothing leaves the Talaudière remand centers in Saint Etienne (Loire) and Roanne (Loire).
In Drôme, the prison of Valence has been blocked for 6 hours by 150 guards, reports France Bleu Drôme Ardèche. HAS Private, around fifteen guards who block the prison. In this establishment, agents have already walked off the job on Tuesday afternoon as a sign of solidarity after the attack on a prison van in Eure. “It’s something that could happen to us too”, explains John Niederlaender FO delegate at Privas prison. The prison of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) is also affected by the “dead day”.
Burgundy-Franche-Comté
Around sixty agents block the entrance to the Dijon remand center (Côte d’Or). Officers from North Franche-Comté are mobilizing in support of their colleagues for a “dead prison” operation in Belfort (Territory of Belfort) and Montbéliard (Doubs), Besançon (Doubs) and Vesoul (Haute-Saône).
Center-Val de Loire
Around sixty staff make their anger heard in front of the Craquelin penitentiary center, in Chateauroux (Indre). In Tours (Indre-et-Loire), the mobilization leads to a delay in starting service and cancellations of transfers.
Great East
In Alsace, the movement is followed in the remand centers of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) and Mulhouse-Lutterbach (Haut-Rhin). All establishments in Lorraine are blocked this morning according to the prison CGT. The remand center of Reims (Marne) is blocked by around twenty agents this Wednesday morning.
Hauts-de-France
The penitentiary center of Longuenesse (Pas-de-Calais), has been blocked since Wednesday morning, according to France Bleu Nord with the prison CGT. The remand center of Douai (North) is completely blocked on Wednesday, after slowing down on Tuesday. Protest and support movements also at the prison center of Dunkirk (North), at Annoeullin (North) or even at Sequedin (North).
In Picardy, unions are calling for blockades Amiens (Sum), Beauvais (Oise) and Laon (Aisne), indicates France Bleu Picardie. “These are commonplace things for us to go on transfer, to do extractionsdescribed to France Bleu Luc Leboucher, local FO secretary at the Amiens remand center. It’s something we do every day and we don’t tell ourselves that tonight we’re going to die or tomorrow I won’t come home. And seeing that now is unthinkable. We are all very, very shocked and very sad.”
Ile-de-France
HAS Paris, the Santé prison will be blocked on Wednesday from 6 a.m., Agence Radio France learned from the Usap-Unsa manager of the penitentiary center. The prison of Fresnes (Val-de-Marne) is also blocked. François-Xavier Bellamy, head of the LR list for the Europeans, and Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, will be there on Wednesday morning, according to information from franceinfo.
Normandy
The penitentiary center of Caen (Calvados) has been blocked since 6 a.m. on Wednesday by around fifty trade unionists, notes the franceinfo journalist on site, in support of the two prison officers killed and the three others injured in the attack on a van in Eure. These agents were assigned to the regional judicial extraction center in Caen.
According to the franceinfo journalist, the blockade of the Caen detention center must last at least until the meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. with the Minister of Justice. Throughout this action, only walking and meals for the detainees will be provided.
According to France Bleu Normandie, around thirty people block the entrance to the prison of Rouen. The only people who enter are those who open the building and the catering workers. The Saint-Aubin-Routot prison, in the agglomeration of Haven, has also been blocked since 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. The remand centers of Cherbourg (Sleeve) and Coutances (Channel) have been blocked since 6 a.m. this morning by around fifteen employees.
New Aquitaine
In the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the prison CGT announces a blockade of the prison Pau Wednesday at 6:15 a.m., reports France Bleu Béarn Bigorre. The CGT prison in Pau sends its thoughts to the families of the victims: “It’s dramatic. These officers were doing their job and they were completely trapped. When you come across armed men with assault rifles, unfortunately there’s not much you can do, you’re trapped.” A union member says he is no longer “in power of these working conditions” and wants more resources: “We must be given the means, reinforced by the police, and warned of the insecurity that reigns in our prisons.”
HAS Bayonne, three unions (FO, CGT, Unsa) are calling on the guards to mobilize and meet in front of the remand center from Wednesday morning, reports France Bleu Pays Basque. The Bayonne remand center has 43 supervisors but many positions are vacant due to sick leave, retirements not yet replaced and recruitment difficulties.
HAS Gradignan (Gironde),The penitentiary center is also blocked. Between 100 and 150 prison officers block the entrances to the Pémégnan penitentiary center in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes). The three Dordogne prisons were also blocked on Wednesday, according to France Bleu Périgord. HAS Périgueux, the agents will walk off the job at 6:45 a.m. HAS Neuvic, it is from 6 a.m. that the blockage will be effective from 6:30 a.m. in Mauzac. The sector’s inter-union block on Wednesday the entrance to the penitentiary center of Vivonne (Vienna) and of Limoges (Haute-Vienne).
Officers from the three Dordogne prisons mobilized to pay tribute to their colleagues and to express their anger. Around forty prison guards Saint-Martin-de-Ré (Charente-Maritime) also participated in the movement.
Pays de la Loire
The guards of the remand prison Nantes Carquefou (Loire-Atlantique) responded to the call of the inter-union, just like those of The rock on yon (Vendée) and Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée). Around twenty prison officers have been meeting since 6:30 a.m. in front of the prison. Laval (Mayenne).
In Sarthe, agents of the remand prison Coulaines are mobilized from 6:30 a.m., according to France Bleu Maine. Staff are asked to gather in front of the establishment. Inside, the “blockade” will result in a minimum service, with no activities for inmates or authorized visiting rooms. A minute of silence in tribute to the killed officers will take place at 11 a.m. in front of the remand center.
Occitania
According to the secretary general of Ufap-Unsa in Occitanie, the blockage is total in all the prisons in the region. He cites the towns where going out is prohibited, as are visiting rooms: Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Toulouse-Seysses (Haute-Garonne), Wall (Haute-Garonne), Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), Albi (Tarn), Lavaur (Tarn), Rodez (Aveyron), Menda (Lozère), Béziers (Hérault), Montpellier (Hérault), Nimes (Gard) and Carcassonne (Aude).
The Ufap-Unsa Justice union calls “to a general mobilization, for better recognition of the danger to which” agents are exposed “and for a significant improvement of (their) means of defense”. The death of the two prison officers “strengthens our resolve to defend the principles of our mission with even greater vigor”adds the union.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Prison unions have announced that several prisons will be blocked on Wednesday in Provence. The prisons of Marseille, Draguignan, Aix-Luynes or Tarascon are concerned. “We are particularly shocked”explains Philippe Abimés Regional Secretary FO penitentiary who requests that judicial extractions be limited because “there are video conferences and the magistrates do not use them enough and endanger our crews when the hearings could be done by video in complete safety”.
A “dead prison” day is underway at the penitentiary center of the Trigger guard (Vaucluse) where dozens of supervisors are gathered. There will be no workshops or escorts for court meetings. In the Alpes-Maritimes, around fifty guards block the prison Nice. France Bleu also emphasizes that the prisons ofArles And Toulon can also be blocked this Wednesday.
Corsica
The remand centers of Borgo and D’Ajaccio as well as the detention center of Casabianda are blocked.