Still serious critical issues in the Irpinia prisons are reported by the Penitentiary Police unions in Avellino and Ariano Irpino.
In the Ariano prison, according to the secretary of Uilpa, Franco Volino, and the regional secretary of Sappe, Tiziana Guacci, a Nigerian prisoner set fire to a mattress and fed the flames with furniture uprooted from inside the cell: armed with an iron bar, he then attacked the prisoners. agents on duty intervened to stop him.
Four police officers had to seek hospital treatment. In Avellino, an officer saved in extremis a prisoner who tried to hang himself inside his cell with a noose made from sheets.
“A situation literally in collapse,” commented the trade unionists who, together with all the most representative acronyms, have asked for a meeting with the Prefect of Avellino, Rossana Riflesso, and announced a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Campania Region for next Friday.
Article published on 16 September 2024 - 19:20
