A hundred supervisors gathered Thursday at the call of three unions in front of the prison of Arles and block access to protest against the disciplinary proceedings announced against a supervisor of the establishment after the submission of a report on the assassination of Yvan Colonna.
A hundred supervisors are gathered Thursday at the call of three unions in front of the prison of Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) and block access to protest against the disciplinary procedures announced against a supervisor of the establishment after the surrender of a report on the assassination of Yvan Colonna. The supervisors, some in uniform, burn pallets and tires in front of the entrance to this central house, AFP journalists noted. Banners with the names of the unions behind the protest — Ufap Unsa Justice, CGT, FO — are hung at the entrance to the prison. “We are here in support of our unjustly accused colleague, the responsibilities are at all levels but certainly not at the bottom of the ladder. It is unacceptable to find a scapegoat to cover all the errors of the administration”, denounced to AFP Thomas Forner, Ufap delegate from Arles.
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Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced last Thursday “the initiation of disciplinary proceedings” against the former director of the prison and a supervisor, after the submission of a report on the assassination of Yvan Colonna which concludes with “shortcomings” on their part. “We made a prosecution report, the light was not shed on this case, it’s too easy to convict a simple supervisor so that others escape justice. Today, all the agents on the territory feel concerned”, continued Mr. Forner, asking for the lifting of sanctions against the supervisor pointed out by the report.
On March 2, Yvan Colonna was violently attacked in the sports hall of the central house by Franck Elong Abé, a 36-year-old man who was serving several sentences, including one of nine years for “terrorist criminal association”. He died of his injuries after three weeks in a coma. The supervisor in charge of the wing where the Corsican separatist was located, who was serving a life sentence for the assassination of the prefect Claude Erignac, showed a “clear lack of vigilance” by remaining “without any reason away” from the place of the facts, which lasted nine minutes, concluded the report of the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ). At Arles prison, “there is a ground floor with two wings, he could not be in the oven and at the mill. He was in his sector, not gone for a walk. The memo obliges him to make regular rounds but does not specify the time during which he must be absent or not,” Thomas Forner argued on Tuesday when announcing the blocking action to AFP.