A 21-year-old man killed by his fellow prison in Bois-d’Arcy-Liberation prison
An inmate died after an altercation with his cell companion Tuesday, May 6 in the evening at the Bois-d’Arcy remand center (Yvelines), the Versailles prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The victim was 21 years old, according to the same source. An investigation into voluntary homicide has been opened and, at this stage, the mobile of the assault remains unknown.
His fellow prisoner « Was placed in police custody » In the process, adds the prosecution. According to a police source to AFP, the 25 -year -old suspect was detained for break -in. According to the same source, the firefighters and the SAMU intervened in the penitentiary establishment around 7:30 p.m., for an inmate in cardiac arrest following a fight. After the Parisianthe victim had been incarcerated for lack of license, the Bois-d’Arcy prison welcoming many short sentences.
In a video published on X, an inmate of a neighboring cell is behind in the rescue intervention: « Guys, it’s 7:49 p.m., it’s been exactly an hour that there is a guy who was Schlassser (stabbing, editor’s note) (…), They have still not arrived the officers, they have just happened that now ”. The man, whose face is blurred and glued to the door of his cell, says: « It talks about intubation, mask … it’s been an hour that we call them, there is no doorbell here. »
At the end of 2022, faced with the « overcrowding », to the « disorganization » and « Unworthy conditions of detention » In Bois-d’Arcy, the general controller of places of deprivation of freedom (CGLPL) had issued a rare recommendation: the suspension of incarcerations. According to statistics from the Ministry of Justice, on April 1, 2025, the prison density of this establishment was more than 200 %.
