« The Uta prison is overcrowded , like most Italian institutions, with a very high percentage of people who are actually imprisoned due to mental health problems and who should be followed by social or health services outside the prison» . Thus the Sardinian senator of the Democratic Party Marco Meloni after the visit to the penitentiary institute of Cagliari , accompanied by the regional dem councilors Walter Piscedda and Camilla Soru , for the national initiative organized by the democratic groups in the Chamber and the Senate "We must have seen. Emergency prisons".
«This structure – continues Meloni – is overcrowded also due to the measures implemented by the Meloni government which in the last year has introduced many useless crimes which have the only consequence of making the condition of the people who are detained and of those who works in prison. Attacks on prison police officers are the order of the day."
"For this reason - add the members of the Democratic Party - we protest and contest this situation".
The Uta facility is one of ten penitentiary institutions on the island, currently hosting 656 inmates (33 of whom are women), compared to a regulatory capacity of 561 places .
«In prison - underlines Meloni - it is difficult to get treatment: the prison healthcare situation is very worrying . We believe that it is necessary to act in the opposite way: to ensure that people are followed on a social and health level, and when crimes are committed it is right for them to be in prison, or rather to proceed with alternative measures to prison, for the time defined by law ».
(Unioneonline/lf)