An appointment in front of Italian prisons tomorrow to launch an appeal against prison suicides. The Italian territorial guarantors of people deprived of personal freedom will chant aloud the names of the 31 suicides that occurred in 2024 and of the deaths from other causes, such as illness, overdose, homicide and causes to be ascertained, as well as the names of the prison officers who took their own lives. The initiative was announced today by Stefano Anastasìa, guarantor of people subjected to measures restricting personal freedom in Lazio and Valentina Calderone, guarantor of Rome in front of the Regina Coeli prison in Rome.
"In 32 years, 1,754 inmates have died by suicide - explains Valentina Calderone - In the same years 2,912 have died due to illness, overdose, homicide, causes to be ascertained. The total is an impressive number, we are talking about 4,686 people in prison who died".
"We are starting an awareness campaign that will continue until there are answers - explains Anastasìa - We cannot afford to have these levels of overcrowding in the summer. Here in Regina Coeli, for example, there are 1,151 prisoners for 628 places, double In Italy, compared to 48,000 places in prisons, there are 61,000 prisoners".
All Italian guarantors have joined the appeal which will be launched tomorrow.