Overview
- The assault occurred Saturday around 7 p.m. during evening meal distribution inside the detention center.
- The detainee used a homemade pointed plastic knife and targeted the guard’s throat before colleagues intervened.
- The injured trainee was hospitalized and discharged the next morning, with no life-threatening wounds reported.
- The inmate, described as having psychiatric disorders, was placed in the disciplinary unit’s isolation and is expected to be put in police custody this week for questioning.
- Roughly 40 guards demonstrated outside the facility on Sunday, as Gérald Darmanin said he spoke with the trainee and pledged improvements to prison working conditions while FO-Justice criticized the handling of mentally ill inmates.