Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:05
The Milan Prosecutor's Office has arrested thirteen prison guards and suspended eight others for allegedly committing torture and violence against inmates of a juvenile detention center, the Cesare Beccaria.
The prosecutor, Marcello Viola, has spoken of a dozen victims: “It is a painful matter and a bad page for the institutions, but we must guarantee control of legality and respect for the law,” he declared, as reported. the Italian state television channel RAI.
Thus, this office has indicated that the minors “were handcuffed during the beatings” and has denounced a “sequence” of “unprecedented” violence by the agents. The investigation began after the statements of several minors, so they used the images from the interior cameras to gather evidence.
Among those investigated is a commander of the Penitentiary Police, accused of falsification, considering that he “facilitated, contributed to, favored and covered up violent conduct” related to the “repeated mistreatment” by officials of minors “also through service reports.” false.” This accused would have been “aware of the violent method” applied by “his subordinates” of him.
The reported crimes include mistreatment of minors, aggravated by abuse of power, complicity in the crime of torture, injuries to minors, complicity in the crime of false ideology and attempted sexual violence by an official against a detainee. These events began at least in 2022 “to date and repeated over time against several minor prisoners.”
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