He tried to escape during a hospital stay by attacking the officers with a fire extinguisher , but the prisoner's escape attempt was thwarted thanks to the prompt intervention of the prison police .
The incident occurred in a hospital in Cagliari, where the man was being held and under guard. In a seemingly calm moment, he grabbed a fire extinguisher and attempted to attack the officers in an attempt to escape. The intervention of the escort, supported by colleagues guarding another inmate in a nearby room, was decisive, allowing them to apprehend the man before he could escape.
Fortunately, no one was injured: neither the officers nor the inmate himself, who was immediately examined by medical staff. Reinforcements arrived promptly from Uta prison and ensured the full safety of the service. Michele Cireddu, general secretary of the Uilpa Penitentiary Police of Sardinia , reported the incident, denouncing the officers' working conditions: " This incident alarmingly highlights the extremely serious operational difficulties our staff are subjected to . Once again, the officers' professionalism was the only real bulwark against an event that could have had far more serious consequences."
Cireddu emphasizes how the high number of inmates held in external facilities—currently six—is forcing the Uta prison to understaff its security personnel, subjecting officers to grueling shifts and putting their safety at risk : "All this while the hospital ward required by law, announced as imminent, remains an unfulfilled promise. This is an unacceptable situation ."
(Unioneonline/vf)
