(ANSA) - Turin, October 17 - Six prison guards have been put under house arrest in relation to alleged violence on inmates at a Turin jail, prosecutors said on Thursday.
The arrests followed a complaint from the northern city's prisoners' ombudsman.
The six guards are accused of slapping, punching and kicking people incarcerated for crimes of sexual violence.
Six prison guards arrested for violence on inmates
Move follows report from prisoners' ombudsman