A letter addressed to the heads of the Sardinian Health Service and to those of the Regional Council, but also to the ministers Piantedosi (Interior) and Schillaci (Health) to denounce the situation that has arisen in the prison in Uta with the arrival of 88 inmates under the 41 bis regime.
The Uil Fp union signed the statement, claiming that life in the prison has now become unbearable: "The arrival of over 80 inmates under the 41 bis regime has definitively exacerbated an already critical situation ," they write. "The healthcare staff describe a dramatic situation, no longer manageable, unsustainable, and clearly outside the norm."
According to figures provided by the union, "the prison population has suddenly increased from 750 to approximately 840 inmates, spread across seven blocks and the SAI (Intensive Care Service/Clinical Center), almost all of whom require constant healthcare. Despite this increase , the nursing staff—required to cover shifts 24/7—is now just 25 on paper (down from 28 a few weeks ago), of which only 22 are actually on duty."
A figure halved compared to the past, the union laments, "currently supplemented only by the marginal support of a few company workers on supplementary benefits. This serious shortage, exacerbated by the ongoing exodus caused by unsustainable working conditions , makes the environment completely unattractive both for retaining existing staff and for recruiting new professionals, who systematically refuse the assignment."
The OSS are also facing difficulties, with only eight social and health workers. "The introduction of prisoners under the 41-bis regime has led to the definitive collapse of the system : the current situation sees night shifts covered by just two nurses and, at times, by just one OSS for the entire prison facility. This leads to double shifts and dangerous workloads. Added to this is the complexity of a highly problematic and often aggressive population: recent news reports of verbal assaults against some nurses, who were subjected to insults, spitting, and objects thrown."
