Since the start of the year 79 inmates
have committed suicide in Italy's jails, the highest level in 10
years, the nation's prisons ombudsman said in a report on
Tuesday.
This was 23 more than in 2012, even though Italy's prison
population has dropped by 11,000 since then.
The report said 74 of this year's prison-suicide cases regarded
men and five were women.
It said 33 of the cases concerned individuals considered fragile
in some way, such as because of mental-heath problems.
The report said around one in five of the suicides took place
within 10 days of entering prison.
It said there have been a total of 583 prison suicides in Italy
in the last 10 years.
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