Mafia detainees under the 41 bis and those destined for High Security detention sent to serve their sentences in a super prison which, due to the continuous cuts to the penitentiary system, had the security equipment of a penal colony .

This is more or less the harsh denunciation of the unions of the Penitentiary Police five days after the sensational escape of Marco Raduano , the 40-year-old boss of the Gargano mafia who escaped from Nuoro on Friday where he was serving his sentence.

The regional secretary of the USSP, Alessandro Cara denounces: "For years Badu'e Carros has lost the fundamental requisites for the classification of "maximum security" despite being assigned important prisoners ".

The Uspp enters into the merits with respect to the classification of the Nuoro prison as a "maximum security" institution. To host mafia detainees in high security and at 41 bis, requirements are needed, such as the staffing of the prison police reinforced compared to normal. "The Nuorese institute, on the other hand - reports the Uspp - has a staff shortage of 25 percent of the units, aggravated by the presence of an unjustified number of female personnel" who cannot be employed in the Section.

Structural deficiencies that do not allow and allowed Badu and Carros to be considered a maximum security prison also favor the escape for the unions. « The surrounding wall - recalls Cara - has been waiting for the renovation works for years, so it is not manned by staff, the "intercinta" is missing from the requirements (the fence outside the surrounding wall, which must not be in wire mesh but in vertical metal bars), an anti-climbing system and has a control room that is only partially operational ».

In short, staffing and structural shortages which would make the institute more like a penal colony than a super prison intended to house some of the most dangerous prisoners of Italian organized crime. . In the last 3 years, Badu and Carros - claims the Ussp - has been the subject of various "catwalks" with the consequent "evaluations". Only a few months ago - concludes Cara - the former head of the Department Carlo Renoldi met the staff and the unions in Nuoro who highlighted the serious shortcomings of the institution itself, without seeing subsequent improvements. ».