Night of violence at Avellino prison

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 23 - Two guards were taken captive and beaten and an inmate was taken to hospital with a cut ear lobe and a broken arm after being the the victim of a "punitive mission" by other prisoners during a night of violence at Avellino jail, the Campania branch of the USPP warder's union said on Wednesday.
    The union blamed the "fragility" of the prison security system, and a shortfall of around 60 guards at the jail.
    There is widespread concern about conditions and overcrowding in Italian prisons, following a spate of suicides among inmates and a series of episodes of unrest. (ANSA).