Fire in the prison of Maubeuge detainees families are … – La Voix du Nord

Fire in the prison of Maubeuge detainees families are … – La Voix du Nord

Half of the already evacuated prisoners

Ordinate just after midnight, the evacuation of the prison Maubeuge concerned a little less than 200 detained in the night of Thursday to Friday. These individuals placed within the prison (people whose sentences are short or are in custody) who have been displaced priority to the centers of Sequedin, Annœullin and Douai. This first operation ended around 5 am.

The staff mobilized

On Friday, the second part of the plan continues with the evacuation of the detention center part . The first regional response teams and security arrived on the scene shortly before 9 am. For now, we still do not know what to prison the rest of the prisoners will be directed. The entire prison administration staff is in any case mobilized. Rest officials responded to the call Thursday night, 99% of them.

In total, 391 individuals who are incarcerated in Maubeuge.

Black out: not back to normal for several days

Meanwhile, ERDF is still trying to repair the power supply to the prison and operations long ahead. For a cable 20 000 volts was hit. It all started a fire Thursday afternoon in a prison workshop, following a short circuit. Short circuit which deprived all electricity facility. According to a first assessment, a return to normal is not expected for several days at Maubeuge in prison.

Families angry

Several families of detainees spontaneously presented Friday morning at the gates of the prison. They do not hide their anger at the complete silence of the prison administration.

Emilia Makofka looking to hear from her husband imprisoned since July. The young woman did not know at all where he was taken. “ I am disappointed because I had to go see him tomorrow , she said. The first permission was denied, it will be Christmas and I will not see the . “

Emilia Makofka is also concerned about the distance between Maubeuge and other prisons . “ I can not visit him, I am alone with my kids ,” she said.

Relatives of inmates are cooling their heels on the steps of the institution, but for now, it is not expected communication on the part of the prison administration.