Woman, 85, in jail for squatting

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 12 - An 85-year-old woman has been in Milan's tough San Vittore Prison for the last two weeks after being given an eight month sentence for squatting, prisoners' rights group Antigone said Wednesday.
    It said the situation was made worse by the fact that the woman is not self-sufficient.
    Antigone said the woman should never have gone to jail because her crime did not pose a danger to society and her term was so short.
    It said authorities had so far turned a deaf ear to pleas for her to be let out.
    "The situation must be resolved as soon as possible," said the group. (ANSA).