The prosecutor of Trapani on the arrests in prison: investigations not against, but to protect the Penitentiary Police The PM: internal attitude of tolerance, if not camaraderie, without exercising the power of discipline over the prisoners. And to this are added corruptive episodes by Giovanni Battista De Blasis April 14, 2023in Press Review 0
The Prosecutor of Trapani, Paci, speaks about tonight's arrests for corruption cases at the Trapani prison.
The investigations “It was a long and in-depth investigation, born as a result of activities carried out by other judicial offices. The inmates, speaking of the prison of Trapani, spoke of it as a 'tolerant' prison, with some members of the Penitentiary Police who were complacent towards the illegal activities inside the prison. There is, among prisoners, a sort of 'prison tourism', on the basis of which information circulates about where it is best to be confined and why. Here, Trapani was a very sought-after location”.
Organizational situation of the prison of Trapani below the standards The information gathered by the Public Prosecutor's Office required an in-depth investigation, to see the validity of the rumors about the Trapani prison, and to understand who was behind the round of illegal material, who was the facilitator of these situations. “The level of technology today is such that a prison must equip itself in a new way, to prevent the way crime operates” Paci points out. “In Trapani, on the other hand, from the point of view of organization, the situation in the prison is below standard. Whole parts of the boundary wall are not controlled, for example.
Internal attitude too tolerant and without discipline And the internal attitude is one of tolerance, if not camaraderie, 'without exercising the power of discipline over the prisoners'. Added to this are corruptive episodes, 'which make the situation dangerous, if not explosive. And this is what we have ascertained in the investigations ”.
There are many confirmed episodes There was, for example, the case of a subject who had to send mobile phones, the size of a one euro coin, with a soccer ball, knowing which part of the prison wall was not supervised. All with great tranquility. The delivery was filmed by the cameras, but those placed by the prosecutor during the investigation, not the surveillance ones. "In Trapani prison everyone knows that there is an area that is not supervised, and there is a gentleman who can calmly approach the prison, and he tries and tries again to send the ball until he succeeds" . In addition to the micro-mobile phones, however, smartphones connected to the network were also circulating inside the Trapani prison. There were also people who, inside the prison, called relatives to make inquiries"group calls". Drones were also filmed that flew over the Trapani prison for a long time to deliver mobile phones.
Activity carried out not against the Penitentiary Police officers but for their protection "The activity we have carried out - explains Paci - is not against the members of the Penitentiary Police, but to protect them, because the work of many is unfortunately soiled by the conduct of a few who allow themselves to be bribed". There are two agents involved. Others are under investigation.
