Sassari, madness in Bancali prison: prisoner sets himself on fire in the infirmary, prison policemen also burnt and bruised.
In the past, the man would have already been the protagonist of critical events during detention. This was announced by the Autonomous Penitentiary Police Union, which announces a protest demonstration on Friday 28 June under the offices of the regional penitentiary office of Cagliari
End of madness, last night, in the Bancali prison, in Sassari, where a Moroccan prisoner doused his body with alcohol and set himself on fire: some Penitentiary Police Officers who intervened to save the man were also burned and bruised, now hospitalized in the burns center of the Santissima Annunziata city hospital. The news was given by Antonio Cannas, delegate for Sardinia of the Autonomous Penitentiary Police Union SAPPE. “It’s a very complicated subject, who two weeks ago was responsible for attacking staff by throwing a fire extinguisher at them, reported several times for aggressive behavior and self-harm. Now we hope that our burned and bruised colleagues recover as soon as possible. Our solidarity goes to them.” The trade unionist announces that on Friday 28 June SAPPE, together with other Pallet trade union organisations, will organize a sit-in protest in Cagliari, in front of the PRAP headquarters: “We will return to request the intervention of the Ministry of Justice and the national bodies of the Penitentiary Administration on the critical issues of Bancali, known to all in terms of work, union relations and internal security. What is needed here are concrete measures capable of restoring legality and safety for prison officers, left in disarray and adrift.”
Full support for the protest of the Penitentiary Police of Bancali, in Sassari, comes from Donato Capece, general secretary of SAPPE: “As the General Secretariat of SAPPE we will take action at the Department of Penitentiary Administration to ensure that the just protests of colleagues from Sassari and the entire Region receive attention and consequent measures. We hope that the leaders of the DAP and the regional penitentiary office of Cagliari will intervene quickly and necessary measures are urgently adopted to safeguard the security of the prison. Every day we receive news of attacks on women and men of the Corps serving in the country’s penitentiary institutions, who are increasingly bruised, injured, humiliated and victims of violence by a part of the detained population who have no hesitation in lashing out against those in prison. represents the state”
