Italy’s most overcrowded prison, Canton Mombello, is now at twice its capacity, creating conditions that have pushed 35 inmates to commit suicide this year alone.
Donatella Stasio, a journalist, has written about justice, institutions and politics for thirty-three years in “Il Sole 24 Ore” and currently works with “La Stampa” as a columnist. From 2017 to 2022, she was communications manager and spokesperson for the Constitutional Court under six different presidents.
Italy’s most overcrowded prison, Canton Mombello, is now at twice its capacity, creating conditions that have pushed 35 inmates to commit suicide this year alone.