Tony M., a 38-year-old Martinican nicknamed “Biggy”, was the inmate at the centre of the case.[1] The court sentenced him to six years in prison for active corruption of two Fresnes prison officers.[1] The trial was held from 3 to 5 March 2026 in Évry-Courcouronnes.[2] The two officers were identified in court as L. and “JF”, both in their twenties, and were tried for corruption and drug trafficking.[3] Both had been suspended from their jobs at Fresnes.[3] The court sentenced one guard to one year in prison and the other to two and a half years.[4] The one-year term was the firm part of a two-year sentence with one year suspended.[1] The prosecution had sought eight years for M.[5]

Between summer 2023 and January 2024, the guards brought bars of cannabis resin into Fresnes on several occasions for two detainees who were drug traffickers.[3] M. was held at Fresnes after a cannabis conviction in Créteil.[6] From inside the prison, he organized the deliveries and corrupted the two guards.[6] He paid the guards €100 per delivery to bring in cannabis resin and cigarettes.[7] An anonymous denunciation had accused him of bringing cannabis into the prison during his detention.[5] Phone taps led investigators to M. and the two guards.[5] Other defendants were tried alongside them in a wider drug-trafficking case.[3]

One guard admitted a foolish act and expressed shame at the hearing.[1] The other denied the charges and said he had only given a few cigarettes to detainees to keep the peace.[5] Defence lawyers argued that conditions at Fresnes were particularly difficult, with overcrowding, violence and threats against staff.[1]