Laâyoune prison administration responds to allegations of violence against a minor inmate

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press – Rabat

In response to the video posted on social networks, in which the mother of a young detainee at the local prison of Laâyoune claimed that her son had been beaten by an employee, the prison administration published an explanatory statement on the incident .

Internal investigation denies allegations of violence

The prison administration explained, in a press release of which Heba Press obtained a copy, that the minor inmate (LAA) had previously filed a verbal complaint with the head of the Security and Discipline Department on January 10, alleging that he had been subjected to ill-treatment, but the investigation carried out in The subject did not prove the validity of these allegations.

Self-inflicted behaviors that caused his injuries

Regarding the bruises and injuries appearing on his body, the press release confirms that the prisoner was exposed to them following several attacks, by banging his head forcefully against the walls of the room, which the rest of the team witnessed. the inmates.

He was also transferred to an external hospital on January 14, where he was introduced to a doctor specializing in psychological and mental illnesses, but he refused to take the medications prescribed to him.

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