New scandal of Morocco jailed Royal Pardon

A prisoner of French nationality just made a big scandal that shock again the prison administration.

A French prisoner sentenced to ten years in prison for falsification of banknotes, accused officials of the Loudaya prison in Marrakech for having drawn 140,000 DH without obtaining the grace he had promised, reported in Assabah delivery this weekend (14-15 February).

The newspaper reports that the scandal broke after the celebration of the feast of the throne when the French prisoner did not receive the grace and accused Ochre City penitentiary officials have obtained the required sum without honor their commitment. The prisoner accused two guards who assured him that his name will be on the list of beneficiaries of the royal pardon in consideration of the sum of 140,000 dirhams he had given them. His accusations go further since it also involves the former director of the prison, according to him, who was aware of this “transaction”.

Not seeing his name on the list of pardoned, he claimed his money and contacted the diplomatic representation of his country, according to the publication, which states that the case took a big way when the general delegation of the prison administration and reintegration opened an investigation. The two guards were arrested and the director has been discharged of liability before being transferred to the prison Moul Barki in Safi.

Before the investigating judge of the Court of Appeal Marrakech, a confrontation between the detainee and the officials in question will take place soon to decide on this case raises several questions about the practices used in prisons, including the introduction of large sums of money despite the excavations.