Violence and intimidation among prisoners, especially in the prisons of Lorusso and Cutugno in Turin and that of Regina Coeli in Rome, and overcrowding in all prisons that reaches 152% in the Monza prison.
This is what the Cpt, the anti-torture body of the Council of Europe, denounces in its report based on the visit conducted a year ago, in which it also calls once again for the abolition of daytime solitary confinement and a review of the management of prisoners subjected to the regime "41-bis".
Strasbourg also calls for better living conditions for prisoners, and specific measures for women and transsexuals in prison.
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