Avellino - "This morning, some inmates of the Avellino prison awaiting transfer, and confined to the women's ward in cells designated for semi-free inmates, destroyed an entire wing of the ward, damaging walls and doors.
The same inmates, not satisfied, threatened to attack the staff if they were not transferred immediately. The inmates in question are causing serious discomfort to both the female staff on duty and the other inmates."
This is the complaint made by Marianna Argenio, regional deputy secretary of the Independent Union of Penitentiary Police (SAPPE). "Also this morning," the union representative continues, "two inmates held in the solitary confinement section, one of whom is a 14 bis inmate who only a few days ago had violently attacked a police officer, brutally punched a newly assigned officer who had just arrived at the facility yesterday after completing his training."
The new officer reportedly suffered injuries to his nose. Bleeding, he called for help from his colleague on duty in the adjacent section, who was also attacked with punches by the same inmate, who was supported by the other inmate involved in the incident.
I detainees It is emphasized that those involved are not new to such violent behavior and acts against prison police personnel. The critical incident appears to have occurred in the presence of the Commander, the director, and the supervisory magistrate, to whom the inmates allegedly addressed offensive and threatening words.
The Sappe expresses its solidarity with the colleagues involved: "Unfortunately, we must once again question the reasons why inmates, well known for having already been responsible for serious critical incidents and violent attacks on staff on several occasions, are still held in the same penitentiary and the necessary transfer has not been arranged and carried out.
Unfortunately, no valid justification can be found for this question! So, once again, we have no choice but to ask the departmental offices to take appropriate action to ensure that these unbearable acts are duly punished and the inmates are immediately transferred. It is with deep regret that, despite the efforts of the departmental leaders to assign staff, serious critical issues still persist at the Avellino prison.
Solidarity with the Avellino Penitentiary Police also comes from Donato Capece, Secretary General of SAPPE: "To have an increasingly safe prison," he emphasizes, "we will need to develop a set of measures and strategies that make the lives of inmates safe, those of officers less problematic, and that of the prison system less complex and more effective. Protecting rights is a good thing, but let's start with those of the police, of good people, and of the inmates themselves who serve their sentences without committing new crimes and offenses.
Something happens every day in Italian prisons, and it's almost become routine to report what happens behind bars. We can't go on like this: it's a constant, daily drip-feed. "Amnesties," Capece concludes, "pardons and pardons are of little use if they aren't followed by structural reforms. It's therefore completely hypocritical to invoke such solutions to address a real problem that primarily affects members of the Corps."
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