Prison overpopulation, the good life of the Café de la Poste, Perpignan airport… the essential news in the region

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Perpignan airport regains color

#P-O – After having lavishly celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, Perpignan-Rivesaltes airport revealed the good figures for its year 2023, this Friday, February 9. Last year, 478,600 passengers passed through Llabanère, a number which had not been reached since 2002. For comparison, an annual average of 410,000 travelers passed through Perpignan between 2003 and 2019. A success due in particular to the diversity of accessible destinations: Paris Orly, Lille, Nantes, Brussels Charleroi, Agadir, Marrakech, Oran, London Stansted, Birmingham, Leeds Bradford and Dublin.

260% occupancy rate at Carcassonne prison!

#AUDE – At the Carcassonne departmental remand center, overcrowding is exploding, once again with 144 inmates for an initial capacity of 64 places. Which equates to an occupancy rate of 260%! « The two cells for arrivals are full, one of which had to be crammed into four detainees. We can no longer clearly ensure the safety of detainees: we have a lot of fights which lead to separation measures that are impossible to maintain due to the configuration of the structure,” denounces the local secretary FO Justice of the prison. audoise stop, Yohann Verschelle. And the trade unionist is worried about the coming summer. « If it continues like this, we will approach 160 detainees this summer. » To date, however, all the cells are already almost tripled: « We have cells where there are five of them. With crowded guys and dangerous psychiatric profiles. It’s getting worse and worse, especially as we work more and more with fewer and fewer agents. »

She insults a college employee

#HERAULT – Some people no longer doubt anything! A mother of a student insulted an employee of the Cazouls-lès-Béziers college, in Hérault, in front of many students. The victim, working in the establishment, only asked him not to park where she was. A complaint was filed against the driver by the management of the establishment. She will receive a fine for prohibited parking. The mayor of Cazouls, Philippe Vidal, intended not to stop there: "I do not admit such behavior, especially in front of young students. So I asked the municipal police to crack down to teach him to respect people."

The number of the day: 19

#HAUTE-GARONNE – The prefect of Haute-Garonne Pierre-André Durand has just signed the order issuing the environmental authorization necessary for the launch of the railway development project north of Toulouse (AFNT), 19 km of track railway necessary for the Bordeaux-Toulouse LGV project. The first groundbreaking could take place before the end of February. Entry into operation of this fundamental portion in 2031.

The good life of Café de la Poste

#GARD – Active for over a century, the historic Café de la Poste in Bagnols-sur-Cèze had been closed for eighteen months due to the devastating cancer which killed its boss, Christophe, who left on September 8, 2022. His commercial lease, never denounced, has just been taken over, with the objective of make a tobacco shop. A place of life with many and intense memories. The café, owned in 1960 by the Lherm family, will become the headquarters of the local oval. The discipline will write the beautiful pages of its history there. Twenty years later, the Arnaud family arrived who established another tradition this time, that of bowlers. In short, a place full of stories!

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