The Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio presents a structural plan against the overcrowding of prisons: more places available, certain penalties, a thousand new hires and up to 8 years of home detention in therapeutic communities for drug addicts.
After the approval of the reform on the separation of careers in the Senatethe Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio He chose to expose himself on one of the most thorny themes of Italian justice: overcrowded prisons. He did it with an articulated plan that aims to increase the available places, strengthen alternative measures and above all mark a cultural discontinuity: No automatic liberation, no masked amnesty.
«The cells are not emptied because they are short of space. It reforms because the penalty must be certain, useful, and right “, marked the guardasigilli in front of the reporters, making it clear that the plan is not a surrender but a strategy.
From intentions to numbers: the anti-crowding plan
No disguised amnenists, therefore, but a profound review of the prison system. The goal is twofold: expand the capacity with tens of thousands of new places e encourage access to alternative pathsespecially for those in conditions of social fragility. «We carry with the problems stratified for decades. We don’t have the magic wand, but we can start to be serious, “said Nordio.
To strengthen the message came the support of Giorgia Meloniwho announced A thousand extraordinary hires in the next Budget Law. But it is on another front that the government has chosen to record in depth: toxicoded detainees.
Eight years in the community: a second chance
One of the key measures of the new bill provides for the possibility, for those who have committed drug -related crimes, of serve in a therapeutic communityup to a maximum of eight years. An alternative solution that combines custody and recovery, which will be granted only in the event of concrete and verifiable rehabilitation program. “We don’t just want to empty prisons, but give people the opportunity to change,” said Nordio.
From silence in the classroom to the answers at the conference
After days of attacks, especially in the classroom, Nordio chose the stage of the press conference for answer point on point to the accusations rained on him. «Scarpinato today has practically given me of the mafia. They are serious accusations, unacceptable, but it is part of politics, “said the minister, visibly annoyed.
Then he replied to Matteo Renziwho had ventilated his passive role in the management of the Almasri case, accusing him of having made himself “manipulating” by the head of cabinet Giusi Bartolozzi. The reply was clear: “A fall of style”.
Investigation secret and talkative togas: storage on Milan
Nordio also took advantage of the opportunity for rekindle the lighthouse on the theme of the preliminary investigationdefining a “piggler” the fact that news covered by confidentiality will come first to the newspapers that to the interested parties, as happened in the case of the mayor of Milan Beppe Sala.
«It is not the fault of the journalists, but of those who violate the secret. In Milan it would be enough to apply the law and punish the wedding escapes. Instead nothing ever happens, “he attacked, announcing the intention to start a regulatory review to make the sanctions already planned effective.
Magistrates under observation
Hard words also towards the magistrates who make declarations on current proceedings. Without making names, but with a clear reference to the case of Raffaele Piccirillorecalled that “the first duty of a magistrate is silent about the current investigations”. And he pointed out that thedisciplinary action It can also be activated without direct intervention by the Minister: “I will not intervene, but there are other tools in the system”.
