Overview

• In mid-July a prisoner serving multiple sentences concealed himself in his cellmate’s bag and exited the facility during the inmate’s release
• France’s prison service has opened an internal probe while Lyon prosecutors launched a separate judicial investigation
• Sébastien Cauwel, director of the prison administration, cited an accumulation of procedural errors and serious malfunctions never before seen at Lyon-Corbas
• The escaped inmate was under investigation for alleged links to organized crime at the time of his disappearance
• Lyon-Corbas is operating at roughly 170 percent of its capacity, a level flagged by the regional bar association as straining security and staff