"I must admit that although I believe it is right to report what happened,
I am very afraid that it could happen again
, also because I will never forget what happened that day and what I felt. These nights I can't sleep because I think back to how much I was afraid of dying and of all that force and violence that was used against me while I was on the ground and handcuffed."
These are the words recorded a few days after the beating on 3 April in prison in Reggio Emilia in the complaint of the 43-year-old prisoner.
In March ten prison police officers will be before the judge for the episode.
"It was a long moment of pure terror, in which I thought they would never stop," the 43-year-old says in his complaint to the prosecutor's office.
Ten officers will have a preliminary hearing in March.
"I explained to my lawyer - continued the prisoner after having reconstructed everything that had happened to him - my firm will to report what happened, because just as I am paying for the mistakes I have made, it is right that whoever beat me, taking advantage of my prison status and the fact that I was handcuffed and in the minority, I am legally responsible for what I did. I am aware of the risks I can run by reporting all this while I am in the same prison, but what happened is not right."
Video Reggio Emilia, in a video an inmate beaten in prison
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