Security Forces' Inspection Campaign at Roumieh Prison Reaches 2nd Phase
Security Forces continued on Friday 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, that Internal Security Forces special panthers unit and rapid intervention squad are assisting the security guards in implementing the second phase of the plan.
The campaign aims at seizing any illegal items, cellphones, sharp object and drugs in the possession of the prisoners.
The NNA said that the campaign will later include the remaining prisons across Lebanon.
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.
On November 1, Internal Security Forces thwarted a jail break attempt by a Fatah al-Islam inmate from Roumieh prison, who was planning to wear a black Islamic veil “chador” and climb down using a rope from bloc “B” that the Islamist inmates are held in.
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.
In another major prison break from Roumieh, five Fatah al-Islam inmates managed to escape in August 2011.
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