The decision to transfer around a hundred foreign inmates from Rome's Regina Coeli prison to Sardinian penitentiaries, specifically those in Sassari and Alghero, after a roof collapsed, has become a case in point.

Following the position taken by the Penitentiary Police unions , who expressed "perplexity" over the choice due to the overcrowding that characterizes the penal institutions on the island , Irene Testa, regional guarantor for persons deprived of personal liberty, also intervened on the matter.

"Of all the regions where the inmates evacuated from Regina Coeli could have been relocated, it's a coincidence that Sardinia was chosen. Just as Sardinia was chosen to transfer 92 inmates to the 41 bis regime," Testa wrote on social media. He added: "Bancali is certainly not in a position to accommodate new arrivals with a 120% occupancy rate. Alghero will struggle to guarantee the intensified treatment for which it was previously known. In Uta, the occupancy rate is 124%. What conditions will the prison officers be forced to work under? The directors and all the staff? How will the inmates receive adequate healthcare given the lack of medications, doctors, and specialists?" Testa wonders. "Once again," the Guarantor concludes, "the island is being treated like a sub-colony. Tomorrow and Monday, I will personally conduct an inspection of the two penitentiaries in Alghero and Bancali to personally assess the situation."

(Unioneonline/lf)

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