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Inmate escapes jail while justice minister watches

An inmate used at a Paris jail escaped during a basketball game organized by prison authorities - while new Justice Minister Christiane Taubira looked on.

Published: 22 May 2012 11:20 CEST

Taubira was watching the basketball competition organised between inmates and prison guards at Fleury-Mérogis jail in Paris on Friday, when a 22-year-old Georgian inmate escaped the surveillance of his guards and fled the prison.

The inmate who was not named in the French press belonged to the prison basketball team, French radio Europe 1 reports.

Taubira, who was appointed justice minister last week by President Francois Hollande, met the detainees and watched the match.

But when the prison guards wanted to take the winning team back to its jail, they noticed one of the players had vanished. According to the French press, guards do not yet know how or when he managed to escape. 

The Georgian inmate was in prison for theft and handling stolen goods – and was set to be released from jail next next year. 

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Intern at German prison faces hefty bill after sending photo of master key to friends

A man on a work placement at a prison in the state of Brandenburg was immediately dismissed from his internship after sending friends a photo of the prison's master key via the messenger service WhatsApp.

Published: 5 March 2021 10:29 CET
Intern at German prison faces hefty bill after sending photo of master key to friends
A prison key. Photo: DPA

The man now faces paying a bill of up to €50,000 after Brandenburg’s justice ministry had to pay for the immediate replacement of 600 locks in the prison, Bild newspaper reports.

A photograph of a key could provide enough information for a skilled locksmith to be able to replicate it, leading the prison to fear that keys could be smuggled through to the inmates.

The justice department received a tip off that the intern had shared a picture of the master key for the JVA Heidering prison at the end of February. “A large number of cells and corridor doors had to have their locks changed,” a spokesman told Bild.

Some twenty prison guards worked into the early hours of the following morning to ensure that all the locks were changed.

The prison is situated just outside the city boundaries of Berlin on the southwestern edge of the capital.

“The internship ended with immediate effect and the intern was issued with a ban on entering the building,” the spokesperson said.

SEE ALSO: Seventh prisoner escapes from Berlin jail within a week

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