Overcrowded, dilapidated, unsanitary, most of Italy’s 190 prisons lack everything. Prison density is 131% with peaks of 230% in some detention centers. Structural reforms are long overdue, while Parliament has just voted a law aimed at improving prison conditions.
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Italy: Law to improve prison conditions insufficient in view of emergency
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