There have been 42 suicides in
Italy's jails since the start of the year, correctional officers
union Osapp said on Friday after a 46-year-old Romanian man took
his own life at Biella prison overnight.
The union said the inmate managed to hang himself from the bars
of his cell.
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers has expressed
concern about the high number of suicides in Italian prisons and
the situations of people suffering from mental disorders who are
awaiting transfer from prisons to alternative facilities.
In a statement on implementation of past sentences passed by the
European Court of Human Rights, it "noted with great concern
that the measures adopted so far by the authorities have not
stemmed the worrying negative trend of suicides in prison
observed since 2016 which persisted in 2023 and into the
beginning of 2024".
It urged the Italian authorities "to rapidly adopt further
remedial action and secure appropriate additional financial
resources to enhance domestic capacity to prevent suicides in
prison and to keep the Committee informed of the measures
adopted and the progress achieved".
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