Lamb burned alive ... One Voice pleads in Corsica
One Voice leads a nonviolent fight to defend animal rights and respect all life forms. The organization operates independently and is thus free to speak and act freely.
One Voice will plead the cause of the lambs in Mr D’s trial. An unacceptable case of acts of cruelty, and a real question on an unusual prison site…
Born
in 1961, Mr D. is not an excitable teenager … Moreover, it is at
the end of 2016 that he’s placed in detention in the prison of
Casabianda, located in the municipality of Aléria (Haute-Corse),
this place does not have a record for being a beauty spot.
Casabianda
is the only open prison in France, half prison and half experimental
farm, with access to the beach. A very specific regime is granted
here to the detainees, most of whom are tried for sexual violence:
the deprivation of liberty is relative and they are mainly considered
as agricultural laborers in this domain, property of the Ministry of
Justice.
In
Casabianda, sheep and pigs are also bred and raised in very low
standards because prisoners are not well trained in their care. In
fact, breeder is also a big word here: lambs, whose milk is the
desired product, are thus intended for a quick, more economical
slaughter and practiced right on the spot, hastily… About 200 lambs
are killed here every year.
If
then, did Mr. D. throw a lamb that he knew was alive into a fiery
brazier (“He was sick” according to him) that which today
entitles him to be tried under Article 521 of the Penal Code for acts
of cruelty to a domestic animal, is it therefore the fault of a
particularly perverse individual or that of a system without
safeguards?
The court will judge. One
Voice, a civil party, cannot let this individual’s act go
unpunished. One voice also wrote to the attorney,
to shed light on the operation of this penitentiary. Because allowing
sexual perverts to take care of animals, that are fragile and very
vulnerable, questions could this makes prisons that are areas of
lawlessness become even more so.
Note:
One Voice has decided to give a name to this lamb processed like
waste material from the dairy industry: Luka.