Death of three inmates in one month: “Gradignan prison is the encyclopedia of prison indignity”

After two suicides of prisoners, in mid-May, a new drama took place this Wednesday at the penitentiary center of Gradignan near Bordeaux (Gironde). It was 6:50 p.m., the distribution of meals was coming to an end, when the supervisor in charge of the fourth floor saw smoke coming out of cell 427. “The auxiliary immediately gave the alert. Staff equipped with masks and a fire extinguisher quickly entered the cell where the fire had caught on particularly quickly, ”describes the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office. The team “who had undergone fire training last week” was thus able to prevent the combustion gases from reaching the other cells.