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| Police face-off with prison guards calling for better labor conditions and blocking jail in France | Police face-off with prison guards calling for better labor conditions and blocking jail in France |
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| Police faced-off with prison guards calling for better labor conditions who set up barricades at the Fleury-Merogis jail outside Paris. Tires were set on fire and smoke grenades were also reportedly used at the scene. | |
| The demonstrators are hoping that their protest help draw attention to the dangers faced by prison officers in their daily routine. | |
| “They are not listening, so we have to be here,” union representative Thibault Capelle told Le Parisien. | |
| “We are asking for more staff to deal with prison overcrowding.” | |
| The prison employees are demanding guarantees for their personal safety at the workplace, as well as increased staff numbers and a reduction in the number of prisoners. | |
| On Thursday, young inmates attacked security personnel leaving at least six prison guards injured. | |
| Riot police have been deployed to the scene, where at around 19.30 on Monday evening, some 350 guards set up barricades and bonfires. |