The inmate, a man in his thirties, was soon to be tried for threats to guards. He was found hanged in his cell.
A man in his thirties, who was soon to be tried for threats to guards, was found hanged in his cell at the Seysses remand center, south of Toulouse, the prosecution announced on Saturday.
“An investigation for research into the causes of death is underway and the autopsy will be carried out in the coming days,” said the Toulouse prosecutor’s office, stressing that the detainee “had not expressed suicidal thoughts”.
“He was to be tried soon for threats to prison guards and degradation by dangerous means of his cell” of the Muret prison, added the same source.
Psychiatric expertise
According to a source close to the investigation, this detainee, transferred in November from Muret to Seysses and placed in solitary confinement, was known for acts of a criminal nature and had spent several years in prison.
The lawyer of the detainee, Me Séverine Faine, indicated that the court had ordered a psychiatric expertise on her client but that she had “not yet” the results.
The hearing for immediate appearance will still take place on January 11 in Toulouse, “so that the court finds that the public action has been terminated on account of death”.