Overcrowded, dilapidated buildings, psychotropic drugs, which are given out like candy, and… suicide in prisons. The program “Insiders“opens doors for you in European prison cells.
In this issue we visit the prisons of Italy and France. In these two countries it is possible to judge problems in the European prison system.
You like medieval castles? Then you just will appeal to the Italian prison, because they almost fall apart. The prisoners that they contained, not ecstatic, not to mention the fact that prisons are overcrowded there.
And in France, psychotropic drugs almost as easily as candy. Every four days, there can sometimes be suicide, often from an overdose of drugs.
In France one of the highest in Europe, suicide rates in prisons. The average figure for Europe is about 7 suicides per 1,000 prisoners, but in France more than 12. Why so we asked Nicholas Grotovskogo, President of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the prevention of torture.
