An investigation into injuries was opened by the Venice Public Prosecutor's Office following the
complaint of a prisoner who said he had been severely beaten by some officers from the Santa Maria Maggiore prison
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The 23-year-old, originally from Eastern Europe, was then transferred from Venice to the Veronese Montorio prison, where doctors found his serious condition - he also had internal bleeding - ordering his emergency admission to hospital.
The young man reported to his lawyer what had happened to him, and so the Prosecutor's Office filed a complaint against three prison police officers.
The young man's lawyer, Anna Osti, told Corriere Veneto that the 23-year-old is still hospitalized in Verona because health workers believe he is too fragile to be sent back to prison.
According to what was reported by the newspaper 'La Nuova Venezia', the boy, in prison for armed robbery, remained in intensive care for a few days.
One of the aspects to be clarified concerns the authorization - also relating to the health conditions of the inmate - which must always be given for the transfer of prisoners from one penitentiary to another.
The alleged ''punitive expedition' would have taken place after the young man had staged a protest, setting fire to some newspapers in his cell
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