Mobilisation

Todde: 'No to Sardinia island prison with 41 bis inmates'

A choice that, according to the President of the Region, would penalise local communities, as well as the entire island.

by Davide Madeddu

4 February 2026

Carcere di Bancali. (ANSA/Vincenzo Garofalo)

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Key points

The president's reel
Reconstruction
The island and its economy are being penalised

2' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

'No to the prison island with 41 bis prisoners'. More than a slogan, it is an invitation to mobilisation. It is launched by the President of the Region of Sardinia Alessandra Todde 'against the government's decision to transfer highly dangerous prisoners to the island's detention facilities'.

The appeal is but the latest in a series of stances and initiatives taken by representatives of local institutions and communities against this possibility. That is, the transfer of prisoners under the 41 bis regime to the island's prisons.

The president's reel

Today, the president's reel published on her social channels, dedicated to the issue of the use of tthree Sardinian prisons, Uta, Bancali and Badu 'e Carros, as facilities for the 41 bis regime.

In the video, the institutional steps taken on the issue are retraced.

Starting with the note sent in June last year to the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, regarding the first indiscretions and then news about the hypothesis of allocating the Bad'e Carros, Bancali and Uta prisons to detainees under the 41 bis regime. In September the meeting.

The reconstruction

'The minister reconstructs the president of the region - he assured that no decision would be taken without the involvement of the regional institutions'. Everything resolved? Not quite. 'This involvement, however, did not take place,' reconstructs the president, recalling the minutes of the State-Regions Conference of 18 December, in which Undersecretary for Justice Delmastro provided an informative report that, according to Todde, confirms the existence of a precise plan.

Inthe document refers to seven prisons dedicated to 41 bis in Italia, preferably located in island areas, and the facilities of Bad'e Carros, Bancali and Uta are indicated for Sardinia.

Moreover, compared to the 192 places initially planned, an increase of at least 20 per cent is indicated, which would bring the number of 41 bis prisoners to approximately 240, more than a third of the entire national population subject to this regime'. A situation rejected by the president also during numerous demonstrations.

The island and its economy are being penalised

A choice that, according to the President of the Region, but also the mayors of the municipalities affected by these transfers, would penalise local communities, as well as the entire island.

'We are talking about a direct impact on the economy, on the security of the territories,' he continues, 'on public healthcare financed by Sardinians and on ordinary penal enforcement, because Sardinian prisoners would be forced to serve their sentences outside Sardinia'. Without forgetting the problems that could arise 'also at the level of economic investments and prospects. We do not and do not deserve to be considered as the Cayenne of Italia'.

Hence the decision to launch the mobilisation. "We cannot accept that Sardinia should be turned into a prison island,' he reiterates. 'That is why I am asking Sardinians to make their voices heard together with me, to say emphatically that Sardinia does not stand for this and that it wants to choose its own destiny.