Penitentiary Managers Union calls for career enhancement after revolt in Pisa prison

The revolt in the Pisa prison on 30 September is "a warning: it is time for the Administration and the Government to return to concretely valorise the Penitentiary Career, a professional category that has been unjustly forgotten for too many years". The Union of Penitentiary Managers FSI USAe requests this, praising the Director of the prison, "Alice Lanzarotto who, despite the enormous critical issues", was able to face a situation of very high tension with extraordinary balance, lucidity and sense of the State".

For the Union, "the management of the negotiation" was "conducted with determination and institutional intelligence, and represents tangible testimony to the excellent work of the prison managers. A fundamental action that made it possible to defuse a high-risk revolt", "without having to resort to the use of force". And therefore the SDP asks "strongly from the Penitentiary Administration and the Ministry of Justice a clear and tangible signal of attention and protection towards the Directors of the institution".

Finally, the Union expressed "total closeness, solidarity and the most sincere appreciation towards the fellow Director of the institute and all the staff", recalling that the director in general is the "fundamental top figure who is responsible for coordinating the prison police forces and all the professional and multidisciplinary components" of the structure.