An inmate in the Catanzaro prison attacked an officer and set fire to a mattress, causing a thick blanket of smoke which intoxicated three other officers. This was reported by the Sappe penitentiary police union. The event happened two days ago.
The man had to go to the Disciplinary Council for previous violations. After various requests from the officer, considering that he was very late, the inmate, according to Sappe’s reconstruction, left the cell and attacked him with kicks and punches. Taken to the closed ward, the inmate then set the mattress on fire. The four prison police officers had to resort to hospital treatment.
“We learned, among other things – say Giovanni Battista Durante, deputy general secretary of Sappe and Francesco Ciccone, regional secretary – that, in less than a year, he would have been surprised three times, therefore with three different devices , to use or, in any case, illegitimately possess mobile phones. What surprises us is that the same prisoner, following so many violations, continues to remain in the Catanzaro prison. We hope that someone will finally decide to apply the current provisions and have him transferred.” (HANDLE)
