Under accusations of abuse, torture and a case of attempted rape, suffered by young inmates of the center ‘Cesare Beccaria’ of Milan, 13 Italian Penitentiary Police officers were arrested this Monday. In addition, eight agents have been suspended from work.
The investigation, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, began in 2022 as a result of some reports received by the guarantor of the detainees and was developed “through listening and observation of the images from the center’s cameras, which made it possible to collect various evidence of episodes.” of violence against detained minors“, report the Italian media.
The agents are accused of injuries, complicity in the crime of injuries to the detriment of minors aggravated by futile motives and finally attempted murder. sexual violence by an officer toward an inmate, according to the same sources.
“The news coming from the Cesare Beccaria Juvenile Penal Institute in Milan, with members of the Penitentiary Police detained and suspended with charges, is very serious,” he stated. Gennarino De Faziogeneral secretary of the UILPA Penitentiary Police union.
“They leave us shocked and incredulous. Naturally, we have unconditional confidence in the investigators, including the Penitentiary Police itself and the judiciary. We hope that all the light will soon be shed on what happened,” he added.
De Fazio pointed out that this matter can draw attention to the situation in prisons that “generates and fuels violence and atrocities, sometimes on both sides of the bars.”
“Now we will listen to the usual speeches from politicians and rulers, but once the lights are turned off, everything will be as before,” said the unionist, who demanded “immediate reforms and a prison decree, with emergency procedures, to secure the system.” and remembered the suicides of 32 inmates and 4 agents since the beginning of the year in Italian prisons.