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Governor Alessandra Todde also spoke at the meeting: "At the State-Regions Conference on December 18, the Government, through Undersecretary Delmastro Delle Vedove, presented a report on the reorganization of the 41 bis regime. The documents reveal a specific choice: the concentration of inmates in dedicated facilities, reducing the regions involved to five. Sardinia is one of these. From the draft minutes, which will become final on January 15," the Regional President remarked, "it appears that in Sardinia, 41 bis would be concentrated in three dedicated facilities: Nuoro, Uta, and Bancali. Not one. Three . During the same briefing, official numbers were provided. In Sardinia, 192 41 bis places are planned, destined to increase by at least 20%, up to approximately 240. These numbers were declared in an institutional setting, not journalistic hypotheses."

Again, Todde recalled, "In September I had asked Minister Nordio directly for clarification on the future of Uta and received reassurances that went in a completely different direction. Today we are faced with documents that tell a different story."

"The Sardinia Region, through Councilor Laconi, has formally expressed its opposition and called for this decision to be changed. We do not share the idea that insularity is a condemnation or a logistical shortcut. Sardinia cannot be treated as a container," the governor continued, also emphasizing that the island "is home to ten penitentiaries and 75 percent of the country's penal colonies, housing a largely non-Sardinian prison population. We have always done our part," she concluded, "but we do not accept being treated as a logistical solution for decisions made without real discussion."

Todde finally launched an appeal for unity among institutions and political forces : "On this issue, there are no divisions, no colors, and no parties: there is only one strong voice that must be heard —here, in the Regional Council, in Parliament, before the Prime Minister's Office, wherever there is the possibility and need to make it heard . But it must be the voice of all Sardinians , not of one side or the other, not of different colors. There must be no distinctions: there must be a voice of the Sardinians. This," the governor concluded, " is not a battle for Nuoro, Uta, or Bancali. It is a battle for all of Sardinia."

(Unioneonline)