Prisoner gets term cut due to 'inhuman conditions'

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 13 - A prisoner on Tuesday obtained a ten-month sentence reduction, 312 days to be precise, by winning an appeal in which he complained that he had suffered detention conditions in the Florence-Sollicciano prison, where he had been imprisoned for eight years, "such as to constitute inhuman and degrading treatment" due to the poor conditions of the prison.
    The Florence probation office upheld his appeal, recognising the grounds for his his case under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (ANSA).