Yann Lahendrowicz
Published Dec 5 22 at 19:48
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This Monday, December 5, 2022, a warden was convicted for smuggling food and alcohol into the Val de Rei prison. He was also charged with dealing cell phones and cannabis in the detention center. ©La Dépêche de Louviers - illustration
Detained in Lorient (Morbihan) since October 28, 2022. prison guard from detention center sticker from Val de Rei (Ayr)), appeared This Monday, December 5, 2022 before Evreux Correctional Court.
As a result, he gets prison sentence. Details.
Human trafficking in prison
The defendant was summoned to court to give an explanation on charges of human trafficking inside the prison. The investigation was launched at the end of 2021 after contacting the Evreux prosecutor’s office. The watchdog, nicknamed “Will Smith” by detainees, is accused of supplying them with phones, food, alcohol, and marijuana between July 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022.
Phones, alcohol, food and cannabis
Data partially recognized male, married and father of a family. “I recognize for mobile phones, alcohol, food, but not for drugs,” he replied to the facts presented by the president, not convinced by the defense of the defendant.
If he remembers that transactions could be made “once or twice a month” for “the amount of 400 euros”, the warden, suspended from the moment of conclusion, explains that he acted under threat.
“I was afraid of losing my job”
I had Covid. When I returned to work, I wanted to quit, but they told me they were going to complain about me. I was afraid of losing my job.
forewarned
In a few months, the warden would have accumulated several thousand euros. He explains that the money he got from the traffic would have enabled him to overcome financial difficulties, complete work in his house, and fix his car. The rest would go to “sports betting”.
It is not enough to persuade a president who points out inconsistencies between a defendant’s defense and the facts presented while he was in police custody. “You never mentioned threats in your statements,” the president was especially surprised, reminding the defendant that one of the phones brought into the prison could be used by the prisoners “to threaten former victims.”
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“The job of a supervisor is very difficult”
The guard recalls daily life under pressure and lack of support from his superiors: “The job of a guard is very difficult. I sent two letters asking for a change of unit, but I have a very bad relationship with my hierarch, due to one who took up his post in 2016 in the Val de Rei prison. Today I lost my job and am in pre-trial detention. The gaze of the guards is hard to bear.” Me Jeremy Calfon’s lawyer recalls that the prison is “a world of power struggle” where “prisoners are constantly being tested.”
“Especially serious facts”
More action will be needed from the public ministry, which regrets that the defendant “downplays particularly serious facts.” “This is a huge risk to which you expose the detainees. There are normative and ethical errors in this case,” Judge Anouk Ansel reminds him.
The guard faced up to 10 years in prison. Despite the regrets expressed by the defendant and the desire to retrain as a truck driver, the court sentenced him to three years in prison, two of which are strict, with an indefinite ban on practicing the profession of a prison guard.
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