Turin jail worse than Ucciardone: four suicides in 2022, second in Italy.

One Italian journalist, call Cinzia Gatti She  Compared  Torino prison to Palermo’s Ucciardone she stated you thought Palermo’s Ucciardone jail was bad, you should see Turin’s. The Vallette building tied for second place in Italy in terms of suicides in 2022 with San Vittore and was only slightly behind Foggia due to the deaths of four persons in Lorusso and Cutugno. Eighty-five inmates, eighty males and five women, have taken their own lives in prisons around the country in the last year. This number is based on research by the National Guarantor of people deprived of their liberty that was unveiled this morning in the Piedmont Area. This a troubling trend, given that six people in Italy have taken their own lives thus far in 2023. As of the year 2022, there have been a total of six inmate suicides in Piedmont, four of which occurred in Turin.

A few days after being admitted to jail, he takes his own life.
“According to Bruno Mellano, the Piedmont Region’s Guarantor of Prisoners, Lorusso and Cutugno is “one of the most complicated institutions in Italy,” with 27 separate circuits inside. Relocating some circuits is one strategy for reducing this complexity.” Mellano views the 5 Piedmont fatalities as a “Scream of fright. In my opinion, it is imperative that the agreed memoranda of understanding be put into action by the Region; in particular, it is crucial to have psychologists present in prisons for both inmates and staff “. The most notable suicide case in Turin is a young man of African descent who hung himself on October 28 in the pavilion B cell, only days after being arrested for stealing.

“A prisoner needs prospects,” says Emilia Rossi, a member of the National College of the Rights of Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty. “This young man – underlines Emilia Rossi, member of the National College of the Rights of Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty – had all the characteristics of the drama that invests people when they enter prison, who feel ended up in a hole from which it seems impossible to get out.” “He went on to say that it is exactly this precarious position on which we must focus since the State and society at large have been asked to provide assistance. Not only are government agencies under scrutiny, but so are we “. “To avoid repeating the mistakes that got him locked up in the first place, inmates need new experiences and viewpoints outside of jail, says Rossi. Alternately, increased access to employment and a corresponding lessening of social stigma would result from a shift in language and culture “.