Rome, Oct. 1 (LaPresse) – Four ringleaders of the riot that took place at Pisa prison have been arrested. The DAP announced this. “The critical situation was handled perfectly by the Prison Police. The intervention teams arrived at the scene, but it was not necessary to use force thanks to the extraordinary professionalism of the Corps’ negotiators, who secured the opening of the unit by the rioters,” said Stefano Carmine De Michele, head of the DAP. “In managing the riot in Pisa,” a statement said, “the coordinating role of the newly established General Directorate for the Specialties of the Prison Police Corps was decisive, through the deployment of negotiators, three teams from the Operational Intervention Group, which arrived to intervene aboard a military aircraft of the Guardia di Finanza, together with the two teams from the Regional Operational Plan. The Pisa Prison Police Unit, together with the Regional Investigative Unit, proceeded to arrest four ringleaders and is carrying out further investigations for the referral to the judicial authorities of the numerous inmates who took part in the riot and were responsible for serious acts of property damage.” “The leaders of the riot have been arrested and brought to justice,” De Michele concluded, confirming that the situation had already been brought back under control in the early hours of the morning and that several arrests had been made.
Prisons, DAP: “Pisa riot quelled, four ringleaders arrested”
Rome, Oct. 1 (LaPresse) – Four ringleaders of the riot that took place at Pisa prison have been arrested. The DAP announced this. “The critical situation was handled perfectly by the Prison Police. The intervention teams arrived at the scene, but it was not necessary to use force thanks to the extraordinary professionalism of the Corps’ negotiators, who secured the opening of the unit by the rioters,” said Stefano Carmine De Michele, head of the DAP. “In managing the riot in Pisa,” a statement said, “the coordinating role of the newly established General Directorate for the Specialties of the Prison Police Corps was decisive, through the deployment of negotiators, three teams from the Operational Intervention Group, which arrived to intervene aboard a military aircraft of the Guardia di Finanza, together with the two teams from the Regional Operational Plan. The Pisa Prison Police Unit, together with the Regional Investigative Unit, proceeded to arrest four ringleaders and is carrying out further investigations for the referral to the judicial authorities of the numerous inmates who took part in the riot and were responsible for serious acts of property damage.” “The leaders of the riot have been arrested and brought to justice,” De Michele concluded, confirming that the situation had already been brought back under control in the early hours of the morning and that several arrests had been made.