Overview
- The attack occurred around 8 a.m. on January 9 during an office interview about a suspected assault on a cellmate, with the detainee seizing a pair of scissors from the desk.
- Three prison officers were wounded, including one with very serious neck injuries, though authorities say none of the victims’ lives are in danger.
- The suspect, a 23-year-old French national described as a multirecidivist, has prior 2025 convictions for violence against prison staff and has been in pretrial detention since April 2024.
- Prosecutors opened an inquiry for attempted voluntary homicide and violence against public officials in recidivism, and the detainee remains in custody.
- Unions plan to block arrivals and departures on Saturday and are demanding wider issue of incapacitant spray, deployment of stun guns and body cameras, as Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin visits and touts a prison population cap and new construction to ease chronic overcrowding at the roughly 150%‑full facility.