At the end, the Unions Force Ouvrière and UNSA UFAP Justice announce a total blockage of the establishment at the gates of Montpellier this Wednesday, July 2.
In Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, between prison overcrowding which reaches records and the heat wave which falls on the region, the penitentiary center has become a pressure cooker ready to explode. So much so that the supervisors call for a total blocking of the establishment, this Wednesday, July 2 from 6 am, to denounce repeated assaults and the working conditions they consider “Inhuman”.
1,080 prisoners for an establishment which has only 600 places
This mobilization follows an alarming observation for an establishment which holds an occupancy rate of more than 180 %. In this case, 1,080 prisoners for around 600 places and “180 mattress on the ground”. “An organized carnage“, According to Force Ouvrière Justice, who does not mince words.
We do not treat a flood with a sponge, we close the valves
“We are walking on it, we walk on it. The cut is full. The overeencoming explodes, security collapses and the staff pays the high price. We refuse to continue to take while the administration throws us crumbs. The climate is deleterious. Every day, we are close to the irreparable. This movement is not that of the unions but it is that of women and men who can no longer. (Editor’s note, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone), All sectors combined. “
And require 50 transfers in the month “Without taking up 50 nuts right after. We do not treat a flood with a sponge, we close the valves”protests Fanny Rigal, the local secretary.
Mass clearing required
Same story on the side of Ufap Unsa Justice which threatens the administration to have to face unprecedented mobilization in the event of a non-account of the claims. Among them, mass clearing towards interregional departments less impacted by prison overcrowding.
With, in priority, “All staff attackers, directly or indirectly”. But also the departure of prisoners condemned and affected in an establishment for trouble, “which have stagnated in a prison houses for months”or even years for some, as well as condemned without a visit license or foreign.
Fractured finger for a supervisor
Last weekend was marked by a sad sample of violence: attempted lynching on a walk, fights, cohabitation problems, refusal to change cell, moral and physical violence, spit …
Note, moreover, that a detainee was particularly noted on Saturday during a violent argument with her two co-cellular. He opposed a violent resistance to the injunctions of the supervisors before giving them punches, feet and insulting them.
He reoffended during the distribution of the evening meal in the disciplinary district where he had been assigned by physically attacking a supervisor equipped with the intervention shield to which he fascinated a finger.
At the same time, the union insisted with staff contributions on the next mobility campaigns. “The Center of VLM has been forgotten for these mobility, surveillance, administrative or insertion and probation sector, same combat.Harangue Marine Orengo. Before requiring the strict and uncompromising application of the service note on “degraded mode”, which passes through “The actual adjustment of the workload in the workforce present to guarantee teamwork and fight against professional isolation.”
