The video of the beating of a hooded prisoner that is outrageing all of Italy

The release of the surveillance video showing the assault on a Tunisian prisoner in an Italian prison has sparked widespread outrage in the country. The Prosecutor’s Office has requested the prosecution of ten officials involved in the incident. The preliminary hearing to determine whether the case will proceed to trial has been scheduled for March 14th. The video footage, which was made public after the investigation, shows the detainee being forcefully taken away by multiple officers, who proceed to beat him for several minutes before locking him in a cell.

The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, has condemned the incident, stating that such behavior is unacceptable and in need of clarification. The guarantor of detainees, Roberto Cavalieri, has described the footage as a dark chapter in prison management. Senator Ilaria Cucchi, who has personal experience with police mistreatment, expressed her concern over these acts of torture and shared her firsthand observations of inhumane conditions in the prison.

Ettore Rosato, a deputy from the Azione party, criticized the violent and unjustifiable conduct of the officers, suggesting that they took out their frustrations on the detainee. The incident follows the suspension of ten employees from their positions at the Reggio Emilia penitentiary last year due to their brutal treatment of inmates. President Sergio Matterella recently met with Felice Maurizio, the National Guarantor of the Rights of Prisoners, to address the situation in the country’s prisons.