Contraband Seizure in Secondigliano Prison

Twenty-five latest generation smartphones, six-seven spring-loaded knives of 13/16 centimeters, narcotic substance ("smoke") but also branded and valuable shoes and jackets. This is what the Penitentiary Police personnel of Secondigliano discovered and seized after a search in the cells of the Ionio detention department, II Section, which began last night and ended late at night. This was announced by Sappe, the autonomous penitentiary police union. "It was an important, but also disturbing, service operation conducted with great merit and professionalism by the Baschi Azzurri of Secondigliano, well coordinated by the first director of the corps commanding the department," explains the regional secretary of the autonomous penitentiary police union Tiziana Guacci - Important because it led to the finding of many prohibited objects; disturbing because, especially the finding of the many knives, suggests the organization or a settling of scores between inmates of rival clans or, worse, an attempt at revolt with possible hostage-taking of personnel," concludes the unionist. For Donato Capece, general secretary of Sappe, "urgent and structural interventions are needed that restore proper legality to the penitentiary circuit by intervening primarily on the open custody regime. Policemen, technology, and training are needed for those who are on the front line in the sections, tools for defense and counter-violence."