Salerno
“Yesterday morning, a prisoner, already known for having carried out acts of disruption of order and security within the department in which he is confined, set fire to the cell three times, on a pretext, because he wanted to be included in the Articulation Department Thus mentally (according to him) he would have been able to access a community.” The news was given by the Regional Secretary of the Autonomous Penitentiary Police Union Tiziana Guacci, who added: “The man, despite being dangerous for the management of the prison because he is disliked by the inmate population and aggressive towards all the prison operators, continues to remain at the Salerno prison. And again yesterday, in the afternoon, he set fire again in the cell on the pretext of going to the infirmary. The prison police staff opened the cell and the prisoner committed further serious acts of violence: he spat, took a chair and threw it at an Officer, bruising his wrist, threatened the Inspector of General Surveillance in the throat with a piece of ceramic and punched another policeman who had rushed to the back.
. In the chaos that followed – continues the trade unionist – the Blue Basques managed to accompany the prisoner to the infirmary”. Donato Capece, general secretary of the Sappe, denounces that “the situation in the Salerno prison and in the other Campania prisons is alarming also because even in recent weeks other officers have suffered attacks by the detained population. The staff is increasingly fewer, also following these events which are now commonplace. We foresee a fiery summer if concrete and decisive measures are not taken immediately. The Penitentiary Police staff are exhausted and, despite working more than 10/12 hours a day, are no longer able to guarantee the minimum levels of safety. How long can this situation last?”. “It can no longer be postponed”, concludes the SAPPE leader, who for this reason appeals to the institutional and political authorities, “to equip the Penitentiary Police with the Taser and any other instrument as soon as possible. useful to defend oneself from the violence of criminals who have no respect for the rules and the people who represent the State”.
