“Violent aggression, in prison di Aversa, in the province of Caserta, where an inmate already known for his repeated hostile attitude towards prison police personnel and other health workers, went into a rage over trivial reasons and first attempted to attack the health worker on duty with a chair and then threw a fire extinguisher at a prison police officer who was forced to seek medical attention”.
The episode was made public by Trade union di Penitentiary Police UsppThe policeman was taken to the hospital where he was found to have a significant bruise to the shoulder. “What happened – commented the regional secretary Ciro Auricchio and the national secretary Joseph DelSorbo - demonstrates the urgency of increasing penalties for crimes of aggression against penitentiary police personnel. We also ask the Government that will soon establish a law that cancels the legal benefits for prisoners who are the protagonists of aggression against colleagues. To the attacked colleague – concludes the note from the two trade unionists – the widest solidarity and closeness of the Union of Penitentiary Police Unions”.
Article published on 29 September 2022 - 09:36