On Friday, a riot broke out in the Roman prison ‘Regina Coeli’. About a hundred prisoners rioted in the prison, located in the Trastevere district of Rome. There was a power cut and some camping stoves that the prisoners used for cooking were set on fire.
The convicts, who have been protesting for days against the difficult living conditions in the prison, threw objects into their cells, destroyed video surveillance systems and attacked prison staff. It took several hours before the uprising was put down, said Gennarino De Fazio, spokesman for the Uilpa criminal police. He complained of a “hellish situation” in the overcrowded prison.
Almost every day there are brutal protests in prisons
Prison uprisings are on the rise in Italy. In recent weeks, violent protests have broken out almost daily in the country’s overcrowded prisons. Prisoners are protesting overcrowding and poor conditions caused by high summer temperatures.
New law should improve the situation
Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio recently passed a law in parliament to relieve the pressure on Italian prisons. It contains some notable innovations, starting with the possibility of serving the sentence in an environment other than prison. B. in shared apartments for drug addicts. Each case is judged by a court.
There are almost 60,000 prisoners in Italian prisons, which means the prisons are overcrowded by about 8,000 places
Source: Krone
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