A member of the prison staff stands behind the entrance door of the jail of Dijon central eastern France on November 27, 2025. ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP
French police on Friday, November 28, caught one of two detainees who used bed sheets to escape from prison a day earlier after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said.
The man was arrested south of Dijon, where the jailbreak occurred, said the eastern city's prosecutor, Olivier Caracotch. He said the person caught was thought to be the older of the pair, a 32-year-old man accused of violence against a partner. That would mean a 19-year-old suspected of attempted murder was still on the run.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez congratulated police for having nabbed "one of the two individuals who escaped yesterday from the Dijon detention center," in a message on X.
Guards noticed the two men had fled on Thursday before dawn. The 32-year-old man had left a message in his cell, saying he had been held for "too long," the prosecutor has said. It was not immediately clear for how long he had been held.
