https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian murderer who escaped from prison for the seventh time earlier this month was caught on Tuesday hiding in a sheep pen, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20200915/italian-murderer-back-in-prison-after-his-seventh-escape Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:10:18 +0200 italian-murderer-back-in-prison-after-his-seventh-escape An imprisoned Sicilian mafia boss bit off and swallowed a prison guard's finger while attacking seven during a cell inspection. https://www.thelocal.it/20200909/sicilian-mafia-boss-bites-off-prison-guards-finger Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:12:58 +0200 sicilian-mafia-boss-bites-off-prison-guards-finger Italian police are on Wednesday hunting for 11 prisoners who escaped in the aftermath of jail riots sparked by fears over coronavirus, as authorities began to test inmates and distribute face masks. https://www.thelocal.it/20200311/police-hunt-escaped-prisoners-in-southern-italy-after-prison-riots Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:05:25 +0100 police-hunt-escaped-prisoners-in-southern-italy-after-prison-riots Fifteen prison officers in Italy are under investigation for allegedly torturing a Tunisian prisoner, Italian media said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190923/fifteen-italian-prison-officers-probed-for-alleged-torture Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:17:00 +0200 fifteen-italian-prison-officers-probed-for-alleged-torture Italian convicts will be able to video chat with relatives via Skype up to six times a month, the justice ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190130/italian-prisoners-to-get-skype-privileges Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:00:52 +0100 italian-prisoners-to-get-skype-privileges A far-right sympathiser who went on a shooting spree against Africans in a revenge attack in the central Italian town of Macerata was Wednesday jailed for 12 years, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.it/20181004/italian-who-shot-at-africans-jailed-for-12-years-reports Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:05:00 +0200 italian-who-shot-at-africans-jailed-for-12-years-reports Former "boss of bosses" Totò Riina, one of the most feared godfathers in the history of the Sicilian mafia, died early on Friday after battling cancer, the Italian government said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171117/the-beast-toto-riina-sicilian-mafia-dies-in-prison Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:56:11 +0100 the-beast-toto-riina-sicilian-mafia-dies-in-prison With its warm colours and toy-filled rooms, the Biobab nursery looks just like any other, but this is daycare with a difference. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/the-italian-nursery-pulling-down-the-walls-of-prison Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:27:11 +0100 the-italian-nursery-pulling-down-the-walls-of-prison Three prisoners who escaped from an island prison were recaptured as they attempted to sail to freedom, Italian police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171102/sicily-police-favignana-island-prison Thu, 02 Nov 2017 11:12:37 +0100 sicily-police-favignana-island-prison Jailbirds in northern Italy will soon be able to offer judges a sweetener -- though serving up an extra smooth cappuccino is unlikely to be enough to get time off their sentences. https://www.thelocal.it/20171004/italian-city-offers-prisoners-jobs-serving-coffee-to-judges-and-lawyers Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:43:57 +0200 italian-city-offers-prisoners-jobs-serving-coffee-to-judges-and-lawyers The Council of Europe criticized Italy on Friday for overcrowding in the country's jails. https://www.thelocal.it/20170908/council-of-europe-warns-italy-over-prison-overcrowding Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:10:52 +0200 council-of-europe-warns-italy-over-prison-overcrowding A woman has escaped from a detention facility in Turin, abandoning her baby daughter, the Italian prison guards' trade union said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170620/woman-flees-turin-jail-abandoning-baby-daughter Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:01:35 +0200 woman-flees-turin-jail-abandoning-baby-daughter A 51-year-old has been released from prison after being cleared of a murder for which he served over 20 years in jail. https://www.thelocal.it/20170224/italian-cleared-of-murder-20-years-jail-misinterpretation-dialect-yoga-wrongful-imprisonment Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:05:47 +0100 italian-cleared-of-murder-20-years-jail-misinterpretation-dialect-yoga-wrongful-imprisonment Three inmates of Florence's Sollicciano prison, who have been described as dangerous, escaped on Monday night using bedsheets, prompting criticism of security and maintenance at Italy's prisons. https://www.thelocal.it/20170221/three-inmates-escape-from-florence-jail Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:31:50 +0100 three-inmates-escape-from-florence-jail A French farmer, who has become a folk hero for helping African migrants slip across the border from Italy and giving them shelter, went on trial Wednesday for aiding illegal arrivals. https://www.thelocal.it/20170105/heroic-french-farmer-faces-jail-for-helping-migrants-across-italian-border Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:49:51 +0100 heroic-french-farmer-faces-jail-for-helping-migrants-across-italian-border Three prisoners, including a convicted killer, are still at large after an escape from a Rome prison which was made possible by "significant deficiencies" in surveillance, prosecutors claim. https://www.thelocal.it/20161220/fourteen-to-investigated-over-prison-escape Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:35:28 +0100 fourteen-to-investigated-over-prison-escape Three prisoners, including one convicted of murder, took advantage of the chaos caused by Wednesday night's earthquake to break out of jail, according to local media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20161027/convicted-murderers-three-prisoners-escape-rome-earthquake-chaos-prison Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:39:07 +0200 convicted-murderers-three-prisoners-escape-rome-earthquake-chaos-prison A man who took 60 cents from a public fountain in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, has been handed a one-year suspended sentence by a local court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160912/fountain-thief-sentenced-to-1-year-for-stealing-60-cents Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:23:26 +0200 fountain-thief-sentenced-to-1-year-for-stealing-60-cents An ancient Roman prison, where Saints Peter and Paul are said to have been incarcerated, has been re-opened to the public in Rome following a lengthy restoration. https://www.thelocal.it/20160714/ancient-prison-which-housed-st-peter-re-opens-in-rome Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:13:28 +0200 ancient-prison-which-housed-st-peter-re-opens-in-rome The arrest of innocent people has cost the Italian state €11 million in the first three months of 2016. https://www.thelocal.it/20160425/7000-italians-are-unjustly-imprisoned-each-year Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:29:35 +0200 7000-italians-are-unjustly-imprisoned-each-year