"Today there are 730 prisoners under the 41 bis regime in eleven different prisons. As far as I'm concerned, there are basically eleven different interpretations of 41 bis, where it happens that a prisoner can be better or worse."
The opinion is that of Nicola Gratteri , chief prosecutor at the court of Naples , who spoke at the parliamentary anti-mafia commission , who in the past had already urged the Ministry of Justice and Parliament to intervene.
"For twenty years - he added - I have been proposing to create four facilities dedicated to 41 bis. Today there is only one in Sardinia. Another in Cagliari that is not opening (it is the ad hoc section created in the Uta prison and never opened , ed.) . Three more prisons with 5,000 places each would be enough and we would no longer be talking about overcrowding . Today, based on the law, we are faced with an adaptation: one prisoner stands in front of another prisoner".
"The socialization of 41 bis - Gratteri added - should be done for an hour for four prisoners coming from other places. Moreover, 41 bis becomes a privilege, you are alone, you have no disturbance. 41 bis is more of a slogan. It was born to prevent mafia bosses from sending death messages. I would be much more rigorous but high security must work ".
(Online Union)