The Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, visited the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta) together with the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia.
"Coming to this place today - said
Draghi
meeting the press - means looking closely to begin to understand. What we have seen in recent days has deeply shaken the consciences of Italians. They are images from over a year ago. course will establish individual responsibilities, but
collective responsibility belongs to a system that needs to be reformed
. The Italian Constitution establishes in Article 27 - he continues - the principles that must guide the instrument of detention: "The penalties cannot consist of treatments contrary to the sense of humanity and must aim at the re-education of the condemned". These principles must be accompanied by the protection of universal rights: The right to psychophysical integrity, education, work and health, just to name a few. These rights must always be protected, especially in a context that sees limitations to freedom. The government has no intention of forgetting. The proposals of the Minister Cartabia represent a first step that I support with conviction. There can be no justice where there is abuse. And
there can be no re-education where there is abuse.
In such a difficult context - continues Draghi - many servants of the State work every day, with a spirit of sacrifice and absolute dedication. The penitentiary police, for the most part, respect the detainees, their uniform, the institutions. The educators ensure the rehabilitation purposes of the sentence. Cultural mediators assist inmates of foreign origin. Volunteers allow many of the reintegration activities. To you, and to your colleagues throughout Italy, goes the most heartfelt thanks from the Government and my staff ", he adds
.
"What happened in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere are acts of unjustifiable violence and intimidation. No more violence - underlined Minister Cartabia - and it is necessary to immediately recruit prison staff. More funds and more commitment are needed in permanent training. , in particular for the prison police who must accompany the detainee in the rehabilitation process. The pandemic has acted as a detonator to ancient issues that plague prisons, the first is overcrowding, it is necessary to intervene on "multiple levels" including material structures training, but also on a regulatory level and the reform package corrects "the criminal measure centered only on prison." Addressing Prime Minister Mario Draghi,at the end of the visit to the Campanian prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere - scene of violence against inmates on April 6, 2020 - the Keeper of the Seals Marta Cartabia said that this must be the occasion "to turn the page on the world of prison
The prison is at the center of the
investigation
into the clashes of spring 2020 in which the crimes of violence and torture are contested at the top of the structure and the prison officers.
Outside the prison Prime Minister Mario Draghi is meeting with the delegation
of Whirlpool workers who have
arrived in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta) to ask for the intervention of the head of government on the company's crisis.
Today they received the company notice that the layoffs will proceed.