Violence and intimidation among prisoners, in particular in the prisons of Lorusso and Cutugno in Turin and that of Regina Coeli in Rome, and overcrowding in all prisons that reaches 152% in the prison of Monza. This is what the CPT, the anti-torture body of the Council of Europe, denounces in the report based on the visit conducted a year ago, in which it also calls for the abolition of daytime isolation and the review of the management of detainees subjected to the "41-bis" regime.
Strasbourg also calls for improvements in the living conditions of prisoners, and specific measures for women and trans people in prison.
The case of violence in Santa Maria Capua Vetere and the stop to Radio Radicale
Meanwhile, while going to trial for the violence in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere in March-April 2020, the President of the Assize Court of the local court, has suspended the publication on the Radio Radicale website of the trial. "The final decision on the right to radio coverage of the trial - says the radio - has been postponed to Wednesday 29".
For those facts are accused 105 people, including prison officers and officials of the Department of Penitentiary Administration. For today's hearing, the online recording has been banned pending a decision at the end of the month. The request is made by the lawyers of some defendants. Radio Radicale has been publishing for years the audio of the trials, which are public.
"With Walter Verini and Alfredo Bazoli we present a question to the Minister of Justice against the cloak of silence on the trial on abuses in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere. The process is public, Radio Radicale must be put in a position to broadcast it". This was written on Twitter by the senator of the Democratic Party, Filippo Sensi