'House arrest considered for short residual sentences'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 16 - Alternative measures to detention, including house arrest or probation, for detainees who have not been convicted for serious offenses and have to serve residual sentences of less than a year are being considered by the justice ministry, according to well-informed sources close to the dossier on jail reform.
    The proposal, already discussed on August 7 at a meeting between Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, and the National guarantor for persons deprived of their liberty, is aimed at fighting prison overcrowding, the sources said. (ANSA).