A video showing the alleged torture of
an inmate has been presented among the evidence filed by the
Reggio Emilia Public Prosecutor's Office after it said it had
concluded a criminal probe into 10 prison guards.
Eight of the guards are accused of the crime of torture.
The video shows the beating of a 40-year-old Tunisian detainee
on 3 April in a corridor of Reggio Emilia jail.
The footage, taken by cameras inside the prison, shows the man,
hooded with a pillowcase, tripped over, punched in the face and
on the side, stamped on with boots and held down for minutes by
his arms and legs by prison officers.
He was then stripped naked and, still hooded, dragged into his
cell.
Notification that an investigation has been concluded frequently
comes before Italian prosecutors request indictments.
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