Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on
Friday vowed to ease prison overcrowding in Italy after the
Council of Europe's anti-torture committee said Friday Italy's
prisons are "violent" and "overcrowded" following a periodic
visit carried out in March/April 2022.
"It is true that our prisons are overcrowded, we have extensive
projects to reduce this critical situation," said the minister.
"A long-term project concerns the divestment of old prisons,
such as Regina Coeli (in Rome), which can be sold on the market,
providing for the construction of new houses, but also a
long-term project, a more ambitious and defined solution, to use
a series of buildings, starting with disused (Carabinieri
police) barracks, that have a structure compatible with prison
(detention)".
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