Three agents of the Bari Penitentiary Police were arrested , and six others were suspended , on charges of " torture in competition ".
The measures in application of a precautionary measure issued by the investigating judge of Bari, for alleged violence against a 41-year-old inmate that would have occurred on 27 April last. Fifteen are, in total, the people under investigation.
According to what transpires, the investigation stems from a complaint made by the prison and the Prison Police Command . And after the prisoner, during the transfer from his cell to the infirmary, was allegedly hit with kicks and punches by the prison officers, an episode accompanied by the silence of the colleagues who witnessed the beating , which lasted about 4 minutes, and by a failure to report of injuries on the victim's body after being admitted to the infirmary.
At the moment, the most serious position is that of the three people who materially carried out the beating.
(Unioneonline / vl)
