Pallets, after hashish and cocaine also found four knives

The discovery of illicit material continues in Bancali. Yesterday, prison police officers discovered hashish, cocaine and four switchblades in an extraordinary search of the prison.

The Sappe union announced the news through its Sardinia director Antonio Cannas. «The police - he states - despite the lack of personnel and adequate means to combat the introduction of unauthorized material into prisons, are always on the front line to protect legality».

Another object that is very present in prison is the cell phone. «In the three-year period 2022/2024 - reports Donato Capece, general secretary of the Autonomous Union of Penitentiary Police - about 5,000 cell phones (4,931, to be precise) were seized by the Penitentiary Police in Italian prisons».

The trade association is calling for immediate intervention by the regional superintendent to implement measures such as screening prisons and equipping all departments of the penitentiary police force with appropriate systems to disable overflights of the structures. "We can no longer allow - concludes Capece - that episodes of this type become the norm. The safety of operators, inmates and the entire community is at risk".