NIn the last two months, the Italian juvenile justice system has recorded a series of worrying incidents. These events, easily traceable on news portals, include escapes, violent fights, drug and cell phone discoveries, fires and assaults on Penitentiary Police officers.
Here are some of the more serious accidents:
– June 14: escape of 2 minors from the juvenile prison in Milan;
– June 13: violent fight between 7 inmates in the Airola juvenile prison;
– June 12: drugs and cell phones found in the juvenile prison in Milan;
– June 9: fire in protest in the juvenile prison of Rome, 3 minors urgently admitted to hospital;
– June 3: a cell in the Bari juvenile prison is set on fire;
– May 29: revolt of 70 inmates in the juvenile prison of Milan;
– May 28: attempted escape from the juvenile prison in Catania;
– May 28: fires and fights in the juvenile prison of Catania, 4 prison police officers injured;
– May 28: in the juvenile prison of Milan a young inmate tries to strangle a prison police officer;
– May 19: escape of a young inmate from the juvenile prison in Milan;
– May 17: 3 cells set on fire in the juvenile prison in Rome;
– April 22: violence and torture in the juvenile prison of Milan;
– April 13: double escape from the juvenile prison in Caltanissetta;
– April 3: prisoner attacks 3 prison police officers.
The Penitentiary Police is tired of seeing the responsibilities of a penal system completely in disarray unloaded upon it, with a governance that has failed to ensure suitable working conditions for those who serve the State and detention conditions for young adults and minors worthy of a civilized country.
The President of the Confederation of Penitentiary Unions intervenes (Consip) Mimmo NICOTRA – we therefore ask the Government, and in particular the Minister of Justice Carlo NORDIO, to take note of the gravity of the situation and to evaluate the rotation of the current departmental leadership of Italian Juvenile Justice. A change of pace is necessary with respect to the current management methods, which have proven not only inadequate, but also dangerous for the safety of inmates and prison staff.
Article published on 15 June 2024 - 13:47
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