The day after the suicide of Roman Farina, former teacher accused of pedophilia, trade unions denounce the prison administration staff shortages which led to the removal of a round of monitoring.
in the wake of the suicide of Roman Farina, former director of school Villefontaine (Isère) indicted and imprisoned for pedophilia in prison Lyon-Corbas, the question of monitoring is debatable. At RTL on Wednesday morning, David Besson, member of the UNSA-UFAP Justice, launched a stir by saying that a round has not been done the night former teacher suspected of raping more than 60 children committed suicide. According to him, this dysfunction is the consequence of a lack of staff that night. Pascal Rossignol, regional coordinator of the Prison Service Union joined by Le Figaro , confirmed the words of David Besson. In response, the Minister of Justice, Jean-Jacques Urvoas announced later, still on RTL had “initiated an administrative inquiry.” The day before, a judicial inquiry has also been opened by the prosecutor of Lyons.
The important thing now for the Minister of Justice is that “we understand” what happened and that “this does not happen again. ” For Jean-Jacques Urvoas seems to take very seriously the assertions of UFAP union, especially since the inmate was placed in segregation where rounds are expected to be more frequent. “Normally, as far as I know, there has to be conducted four rounds. Is it that there was indeed a problem of personnel. It is necessary that we draw this out but it is plausible because we have prisons that are suroccupées and personal outstanding, “conceded the Minister. This suicide reveals the understaffing problems of prison administration. “There’s a lot of pressure” on personal but “we are in a recruitment logic,” the minister said.
“You can not put a guard behind every inmate”
imprisoned in the prison of Lyon-Corbas since March 25, 2015, while awaiting trial, Romain Farina, charged eleven complaints of rape and targeted 55 reports of parents or children, used the cloth placed at its provision in his cell to hang himself. He had already tried to kill himself last summer, swallowing medication. “My role is not to be a commentator,” reaffirmed Jean-Jacques Urvoas, who recalled that prison suicides are a “scourge” against which we must fight. In 2015, 113 prisoners have passed the act. “We suicide seven times in prison than outside”, said Minister of Justice based on a study by the National Institute of Demographic Studies. He added, fatalistic: “When someone wants to commit suicide, you can take whatever action he can eventually do it with any means”
<. p> “When someone wants to commit suicide, you can take whatever action he can eventually do it with any means”
An analysis shared Bruno Lucchini member the union CGT-Penitentiary joined by Le Figaro . “Of course we are understaffed in prisons where overcrowding such as Lyon-Corbas, but we can not put a guard behind every inmate suicidal. It’s impossible, “he says. According to him, the guards had already done their work by preventing “repeatedly to take action.”
The fear of suicide Salah Abdeslam
Nevertheless, a range of measures exist to prevent suicides in prison. “There are now 144 smooth cells in which there is no ability to hang, since the hanging is the most common phenomenon. There are blankets and tear-proof sheets and prison officials installed a cellmates system so that there is oversight. But in this case, the person was detained for acts that do not lead to the fact that it can share a cell with another inmate. It probably would have been a risk (for his life, Ed), “said the minister. That kind of smooth cell spoken Jean-Jacques Urvoas exist in the prison of Corbas, but Romain Farina was not in any of them. “These are cells of another age. There’s really nothing in it. We can not leave a person more than two days in there according to law, and it is normal because his mental health might be affected, “cautions Bruno Lucchini.
Earlier in the morning, Nidal, the father of one victim, told the micro RMC he was considering legal action against the administration. “We give him the weapons to achieve his suicide,” he said. The Minister of Justice responded by saying that “the state will defend its positions.”
The suicide of an inmate in solitary confinement also calls considering coming within weeks of Salah Abdeslam, key suspect of the attacks of 13 November in French prisons. A judge will decide will decide in which prison he will be detained, but the risk of suicide concern to the minister. “Obviously we prepare the arrival with its potential location, protection and monitoring measures that will be on that person” to ensure “that there are no empty chairs at the trial,” responded Jean-Jacques Urvoas, without specifying the intended device.
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