Moments of fear in the Uta prison, where an inmate went into a rage, devastating his cell and then trying to attack an agent who intervened to calm him, and then threaten him and his colleagues with death.

The prison police unions denounce the episode.

"We talk about the inexorable dripping of physical and verbal attacks to the detriment of our policemen, explained Michele Cireddu, regional secretary of Uil Pa.

"There were moments of tension and only thanks to the ability of the staff there was no tragedy".

The prisoner, previously separated from the others because of his aggressive behavior, "in fact tried in every way to create physical damage to the staff and continued to vent his aggressive fury by destroying everything he had in the room, even going so far as to throw at the agents pieces of sanitary ware and other furnishings ".

“The number of critical events in the Uta Institute - continues Cireddu - reaches indices above any tolerance threshold. In 2020 these critical events were almost three times the total of the other criminal institutes in Sardinia, a figure that in the eyes of a "present" administration would have sounded an alarm bell and determined immediate intervention ".

"Our policemen - concludes Cireddu - do not need the slogans and the words of the Minister, who on the occasion of the inauguration of the judicial year at the Reggio Calabria court of appeal declared that he does not forget the Penitentiary Police. We demand concrete facts. , we have heard too many words by now ”.

(Unioneonline / lf)