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French inmates escape from Dijon prison 'using bed sheets'
Two dangerous inmates escaped Dijon prison by sawing bars, using bed sheets, with blades likely delivered by drone amid warnings of overcrowding at 135.9% capacity, unions said.
- On Thursday, two inmates escaped from the Dijon prison detention centre's disciplinary wing after sawing through bars with blades believed delivered by drone and fleeing using bed sheets.
- The FO Justice union and other unions warned for months about worsening Dijon security and accused Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin of prioritising supermax drug operations while neglecting other jails.
- Authorities named the fugitives as a 19-year-old man held in pre-trial detention for attempted murder and a 32-year-old man accused of partner violence, both held in isolation without contact.
- The minister immediately sacked the prison director and ordered responses, while authorities said it was not immediately clear if the fugitives had been recaptured.
- In recent weeks, the Dijon breakout joins other jailbreaks including one last week in Rennes, as prisons hold 85,000 inmates against 62,509 places at 135.9% occupancy, Justice Ministry figures show.
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The day after the escape of two men on Wednesday night, one of the two individuals was arrested, the Minister of the Interior announced this Friday.
The fugitive was arrested by the BIS around 8:30 a.m. Friday morning while he was drinking coffee in a bistro.
·Paris, France
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