A prison official has been injured while mediating a mass fight at the Madrid III Penitentiary Center (Valdemoro), as reported by the CSIF union, which is calling for more security for prison workers.

The incident occurred this Friday after dinner in module 9, according to the union, when “five prisoners of North African and Colombian origin started a fight over a debt incurred in a card game.”.

The service official came “immediately” to mediate between the two sides and try to separate them. During the struggle, these sources point out, he received a blow to the arm and shoulder.

The five prisoners were transferred to the Isolation Department, according to CSIF, which has also reported that that same day there were two cases of overdose in the same prison and it was necessary to urgently transfer one of those affected to the hospital.. For all these reasons, the union calls for “means, security and training”, as well as the status of “authority agent”, for prison officials.