With the handover of the pavilion from the Ministry of Infrastructure to the Ministry of Justice, the 41 bis era has officially begun in the Cagliari-Uta prison.
This is what Maria Grazia Caligaris, president of the association Socialismo Diritti Riforme, states, underlining that «the handover between the two Ministries, which took place a few days before the date of January 15, suggests that the Department intends to complete the transfer of the detainees quickly, indifferent to the protests and requests of an entire community».
"To make the Pavilion, designed to house 92 maximum-security inmates , fully operational," Caligaris emphasizes, "the only thing missing is the furnishings and equipment for the internal infirmary, which will be provided by Cagliari's Local Health Authority (ASL 8). The other issue the Department of Penitentiary Administration must resolve concerns the number and deployment of Mobile Operations Group officers."
"After the transfer of inmates from the prison on Viale Buoncammino," recalls the president of SDR, "the Cagliari prison, located in the Uta area, on the edge of the industrial area 23 kilometers from the regional capital, has undergone numerous changes, of which the 41 bis Pavilion is the latest chapter. Suffice it to say that in 2014 there were 345 inmates, while today there are 745 (30 women), for 500 places , people deprived of their liberty destined to become almost 840. The problem is that while the inmates have literally doubled in 11 years, the staff has remained unchanged , indeed in many cases, such as the agents, the administrative staff, the educators, the nurses and the doctors, they have decreased or are not adequate for the number of inmates. Just as the entire surveillance system is in great difficulty," concludes Caligaris.
(Unioneonline)
