Carmine De Rosa, a 28-year-old officer born in Naples, was put into a coma while attempting to prevent the escape of an inmate from Milan's San Paolo Hospital. His brother is also a prison officer and serves in Verona.
The inmate who escaped from Milan's San Paolo Hospital escaped through a bathroom window. When the officers guarding him—there were apparently two of them—realized he had locked himself in, they forced the door open. Officer Carmine De Rosa then climbed out the window and fell about ten meters.
According to Giacomo, Mordjane Nazim, a prisoner of Moroccan origin, arrived at the health facility last night after being injured in a fight with some fellow prisoners. The policeman who tried to stop him, while jumping out of the window, hit his head and is now hospitalized at San Raffaele.
According to the trade unionist, hospital escape attempts are on the rise throughout Italy: "In the last month, there have been four attempts throughout Italy, all foiled."
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The inmate was in prison after being arrested by the Flying Squad for robbing a Rolex shop owner last August in Milan. The officer suffered a severe head injury and cervical vertebrae. According to reports, the officer initially appeared to be in good condition after the fall, and even reached the hospital emergency room on his own, where his condition subsequently worsened.
According to Mirko Manna, National Coordinator of FP CGIL for the Penitentiary Police, "transfers and guarding of prisoners in hospitals are often carried out with fewer Penitentiary Police personnel than required by the regulations, despite the fact that no 'extenuating circumstances' are foreseen for the possible disciplinary measures that colleagues may incur if, during a transfer or guarding, the prisoner carries out an escape as in this case.
It should be noted, he emphasizes, that following the merger of prison healthcare into the National Health Service (NHS), doctors and nurses working in prisons under extremely difficult conditions and also understaffed are often forced to send inmates to the hospital for checkups, to avoid possible future legal action. All of this can lead to a chain of events that affects prison officers, healthcare workers, and ultimately, the inmates themselves. We hope that the doctors treating our colleague will be able to return him safe and sound to his family and our working community as soon as possible.
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