10 warders arrested for beating 2 inmates at Foggia

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - Ten warders were arrested Monday on suspicion of beating two inmates at Foggia Prison recently.
    The prison police officers on duty at the Foggia prison have been placed under house arrest on charges of torture, abuse of office, abuse of authority against arrested or detained persons, omission of official acts, damage, concussion, ideological falsity committed by a public official in public acts, suppression, destruction and concealment of true acts, judicial sources said.
    The suspects are alleged to have participated in various ways in a violent beating, carried out on 11 August 2023 in the prison of Foggia, against two inmates.
    During the investigation, it was alleged that false documents were prepared and signed in order to conceal the violence carried out and to prevent the diagnosis of the injuries sustained by the inmates. Threats and promises of retaliation through which two suspects allegedly forced the victims to sign false declarations in which they gave a version of the facts that was contradicted by the results of the investigation were also ascertained. (ANSA).