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Genoa prison director reinstated after serial-killer row

IMG class=hide alt=”Genoa prison director reinstated after serial-killer row” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-f291657858e4c97b87dc5d50bf589e4e.jpg” (ANSA) – Genoa, January 9 – Marassi prison director Salvatore Mazzeo returned to work Thursday after the justice minister revoked a transfer order issued following the escape of a convicted … Continue reading

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Mafia informant on the loose after prison leave

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-3106f81d0862d11f8ec22d846baad07a.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Mafia informant on the loose after prison leave” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-3106f81d0862d11f8ec22d846baad07a.jpg” (ANSA) – Pescara, December 19 – A member of the Naples-based Camorra mafia who turned informant was listed as a fugitive Thursday after he failed … Continue reading

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Letta cabinet approves prison decree to reduce overcrowding

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-ef02cac3d6302aaf8505dd90f7208e91.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Letta cabinet approves prison decree to reduce overcrowding” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-ef02cac3d6302aaf8505dd90f7208e91.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 17 – Italy’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a prison decree granting early release to 1,700 detainees and reducing the prison population … Continue reading

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Napolitano lashes out at ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano lashes out at ‘inhumane’ prison conditions” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-972fc43ccefb15525272aed80c2397ee.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 16 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano spoke out Monday against the “inhumane conditions” plaguing the country’s jails and asked parliament to bring in justice-system reform. PIn … Continue reading

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Napolitano gives ultimatum on prison overcrowding

(By Emily Backus) (ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday called on parliament to clearly state whether it would introduce a prisoner amnesty measure. ”Parliament must have the sense of responsibility necessary to say that … Continue reading

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Pedophile priest handed two-and-a-half year prison sentence

(ANSA) – Pesaro, December 3 – A judge on Tuesday handed a 43-year-old priest in the north-eastern city of Pesaro a two-and-a-half year sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The case of Father Giangiacomo Ruggeri, a former spokesman … Continue reading

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Naples prison death probed

(ANSA) – Naples, December 2 – Top officials from the Department of Prison Administration (DAP) met in Naples on Monday with Nobila Scufaro, mother of Francesco Perna, a 34-year-old who died on November 8 while incarcerated in Poggioreale prison. Scufaro … Continue reading

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