Tension erupted this morning in Uta prison, where an inmate violently attacked several prison officers.

According to the reconstruction, the man—a former boxer—suddenly went on a rampage inside the detention unit, striking two officers and forcing his colleagues to intervene en masse. The situation quickly escalated : the inmate repeatedly struck the officers and smashed a television. The officers then managed to subdue him.

One officer, who was injured, was rushed to the hospital, while others suffered bruises.

Michele Cireddu, general secretary of the UIL PA Penitentiary Police of Sardinia, denounced the seriousness of the incident . The Uta prison, designed for approximately 530 inmates but currently occupied by nearly 700 , has long been a focus of concern for unions. Of particular concern is the high number of inmates considered "troublemakers" or with serious psychiatric disorders, often transferred to Sardinia from other regions after unrest in other institutions.

"Our island has become a social dump where the most difficult cases are piled up," accuses Cireddu, who emphasizes that Sardinian inmates now make up less than half of the total.

UIL PA also denounces increasingly difficult working conditions for officers , forced to work grueling shifts, constant guarding, and without any reduction in working hours, despite promises of a reduction to 36 hours per week.

The union also calls regional politics into question : "The Sardinian ruling class must take responsibility for defending the prison system. Only unmanageable inmates arrive from the Roman prisons, while the staff is abandoned."

A further sign of criticality, according to the UIL , is the lack of full-time directors in the schools in Cagliari, Sassari, and Nuoro, which have been entrusted to new managers still in training. Expressing solidarity with the officers involved, the union reiterates the urgent need for structural interventions to prevent similar incidents from recurring.

(Unioneonile/Fr.Me.)

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