A prisoner escapes from prison Foix – The Point

An inmate escaped Monday morning from the prison of Foix (Ariege) and is still at large, is it learned of prison union source. His companion of escape, he was caught before he could cross the school premises. The alarm did not work, and this is another inmate who alerted the police from Foix to 5 h 15 using a mobile phone, principle contraband in prison, said Laurens Maffre, delegate Area of ​​UFAP-Unsa, majority union in the prison administration.

The two men, aged 45 and 27, snuck through the ceiling of the cell they shared in space “very narrow”, resulting in the attic before getting on the roof. Using knotted sheets, they then climbed over a wall to reach the front door, and one of the two men used a mattress to cross the electric fence, detailed Laurens Maffre. The youngest could not ride and was arrested by the night guards who, alerted by the police, conducted a round within the walls of the prison, said the delegate.

still detained on the run was sentenced to several months in prison for theft, and was to be released in November 2015. He was imprisoned in Perpignan before being transferred to Foix. The second, from Nimes, was also sentenced to “small sentences for robbery, contempt, violence,” said Laurens Maffre. The prison currently has 103 Foix held for 66 seats, according to Laurens Maffre, who believes however that it is part “of the best-kept facilities in the region.” At Foix or “other institutions were failures, alarms that sometimes inadvertently trigger, or conversely that do not fire, it’s not for lack of alerted,” he responded, stressing the need to “raise the question of alarms on this place”.