Castrovillari, no action after the riots: the prison remains suspended in limbo

John

By John

The limbo of those suspended in place and time. In fact, no initiative of reinforcement and protection has been adopted by the penitentiary administration to return to ensuring the right security framework. inside the prison on Viale Sergio Cosmai. In fact, the number of agents and security systems of a garrison that, and this in the course of a month, has seen two major riots generated by two prisoners with mental problems, would be sufficient. The protection and safeguarding activity of the penitentiary bodies would have been directed only at restoring the places affected by two fires. One of these also led to the evacuation of a couple of departments and the taking charge of emergencies that range from the limited number of personnel, to the need to increase the spaces dedicated to prisoners (perhaps with new prison buildings) to the return to what is the capacity allowed for each individual cell. The crowding index of the prison in contrada Petrosa presents a negative balance of 43 units. At present, there are 162 prisoners out of 119 permitted places. The prison in Castrovillari does not have, among other things, showers in the detention rooms. The need has emerged above all in the female detention area. Little to add also and above all regarding the health area, that is where they are lacking, but this is a problem that concerns all of Calabria’s health care, nurses and support staff.