Security Forces Kick Off 'Wide' Inspection Campaign at Roumieh Prison
Security forces launched on Wednesday a wide inspection campaign in Roumieh prison to confiscate any prohibited possessions obtained by the inmates, the National News Agency reported.
According to the news agency, around 100 Internal Security members and officers from the Jdeideh police station are assisting the security guards at the facility in the campaign.
The campaign aims at seizing any illegal items, cellphones, sharp object and drugs in the possession of the prisoners.
MTV later reported that ISF special panthers unit is carrying out a raid in Roumieh prison bloc B, which is under the control of Fatah al-Islam prisoners.
The NNA said that this step came ahead of a broad logistic and administrative construction operation to install a new network of surveillance cameras and modern doors and gates inside the facility.
Roumieh, the oldest and largest of Lebanon's overcrowded prisons, has witnessed sporadic prison breaks in recent years and escalating riots over the past months as inmates living in poor conditions demand better treatment.
In October, it was discovered that three Fatah al-Islam prisoners had fled the jail at least a month ago.
Sixteen security forces members have been detained in the scandal amid reports that the wide “security and judicial purification” operation of the prison will be carried out soon.
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