"In this whole story, there's no praise for the prison police." The day after the union outcry over the sudden arrival of inmates from Regina Coeli prison in Sardinia, the USPP (Italian Prison Police Union) has commented on some aspects of the operation. "The officers handled an emergency," reports Andrea Pistis, regional secretary of the Union of Penitentiary Police Unions, "excellently, from the late afternoon of October 9th without stopping until the late morning of the 10th." The transfer was caused by the collapse of part of the roof of a section of the Roman prison and would have brought approximately 120 inmates to Sardinia, including 60 from Bancali and Alghero, 31 from Massama, where a cell phone was reportedly found on one person, and approximately 26 from Uta.

But while the prison police have successfully resolved the placement of inmates, controversies remain. "Sardinia is being turned into a garbage dump for detention," Pistis attacks. He emphasizes that the Alghero prison is at capacity—"full to the brim and at risk of collapse"—and that overcrowding continues in Bancali. "I've seen people bragging about the new officers who will arrive on the island after the 185th Course. We're happy, but it should be noted that they're far from enough."

Approximately 79 qualified police officers have taken up or will take up service in Sardinian facilities, 60 men, 19 women. "However, we must consider that between now and May 2026, there will be over 80 retirements." In short, staffing will remain insufficient, even in the colonies which, the secretary continues, "are being filled due to a lack of the necessary officers." Prison issues are diverse, from the arrival of 41 bis inmates in Cagliari to critical health issues: "Politics is absent in all of this." The constant presence, however, is that of the prison police.

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