An investigation for alleged injury
has been opened by the Venice Public Prosecutor's Office
following the complaint of an inmate who said he had been
severely beaten by some officers at the Santa Maria Maggiore
prison in Venice.
The 23-year-old, originally from Eastern Europe, was then
transferred from Venice to the Montorio prison in Verona, where
doctors found that he was in serious condition - he was also
bleeding internally - and ordered his emergency admission to
hospital.
The young man told his lawyer what had happened to him, and so a
complaint was lodged with the public prosecutor's office against
three prison police officers.
The young man's lawyer, Anna Osti, told Corriere Veneto that the
23-year-old is still in hospital in Verona, because the doctors
believe he is too fragile to be sent back to prison.
According to the newspaper 'La Nuova Venezia', the man, who is
in prison for armed robbery, was reportedly in intensive care
for several days.
One of the aspects to be clarified concerns the clearance - also
concerning the inmate's health condition - that must always be
given for the transfer of prisoners from one penitentiary to
another.
The alleged 'punitive expedition' was triggered after the young
man had staged a protest, setting fire to some newspaper sheets
in his cell.
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