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Third Straight Night of Unrest at Vendin‑le‑Vieil’s Ultra‑Secure Narcotics Unit

Officials signal disciplinary action following repeated overnight disruptions.

Overview

  • Overnight Friday to Saturday, detainees again tried to flood corridor areas, prompting staff to cut water and contain the incident, according to prison sources.
  • On the two previous nights, cells were deliberately flooded in buildings 2 and then 3, with collective banging reported and roughly twenty inmates identified as participants.
  • Two prisoners claimed to have swallowed batteries; one accepted an in‑prison radiograph that came back negative and authorities said no medical extractions were planned.
  • The prison administration says the QLCO regime restricts outside communications and has scheduled disciplinary commissions for identified offenders.
  • Defense lawyers have lodged about twenty challenges to transfers and conditions and the criminal defense association has petitioned the Conseil d’État, most bids so far rejected, while unions report detainees are threatening a collective hunger strike from Monday.