A delegation from the conference of guarantors of prisoners' rights met in Rome with the head of the juvenile justice department Antonio Sangermano; the problems of the Airola institute were also under the spotlight. Samuele Ciambriello, Bruno Mellano, Luca Muglia, Valentina Farina, and Valentina Calderone highlighted the critical issues present in the 17 institutes, in particular the overcrowding, the territoriality of the execution of the sentence, and the condition of unaccompanied foreign minors deprived of personal freedom.
The guarantors pointed out the issue of suspended freedoms, which altogether reach the number of 90,000 units. Moreover, the board brought to the interlocutors' attention the delicate issue of transfers to adult penitentiary institutions following repeated and specific violations (as per the Caivano Decree), urging for a circular and/or a regulatory intervention by the Department. The meeting marked an important moment of dialogue and confrontation; among other things, president Sangermano and the general director of personnel and resources Alessandro Buccino Grimaldi reassured about the continuation of the restructuring works of the institutes in Rome and Airola, without any transfer of the youths confined there, while the works started in Turin and Bologna will be temporarily suspended awaiting the determinations of the Ministry.