People die in Italian prisons. Above all it’s the young people that have committed crimes that die. Carlo Saturno was one of the many. He was 23 years old. In the past he had a suffered detached retina because of a punch that he received in prison. He was found hanged. “Found” … The “worst youth” of Italy die like that: “found hanged”. Every year about 180 people die in our prisons. However many errors youngsters like Carlo can do, their death redeems them. But who will redeem this State that allows young people to die in prisons where it should be guaranteeing their safety?

Interview with Fabio, cousin of Carlo Saturno
My name is Fabio, Carlo Saturno’s cousin. Carlo is the prisoner who according to the declarations hanged himself in his cell in the Bari prison after a scuffle with prison guards. He arrived in the intensive care unit on 30 March at 7:30 pm and he stayed there for 8 days, until 7 April, when he died at 1:15 pm.

Carlo – a life in prison
Now everything is in the hands of the Magistracy. We know the facts from the moment he was taken to the intensive care unit, and the autopsy right up to the time when we dressed him and finally we had the funeral.
We have made a denunciation against “unknown” people. Now they also want to bring a libel action against us. However we have made a denunciation for culpable homicide and for inciting suicide. There are denunciations against “unknown” people delivered to the Public Prosecutor.

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Bari, the prison of suicide attempts
He was hanging for 20 minutes then for 30 minutes he was in the prison infirmary, then he was taken to the intensive care unit by calling 118. This is in the declaration given by the Trades Union to the newspaper. However for us it seems that he was picked up from the cell where he was hanged and not from the infirmary.

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An eye for the prison
Carlo’s scuffle happened because the second section was to be closed for refurbishing and they had to be moved to the third section. He didn’t want to change cell and he argued with a guard who landed up in hospital.
In the young offenders institution he was subject to a detached retina in his left eye because of a punch received. We have the name of the person who hit him, but we cannot reveal the name. Carlo couldn’t see any more from that eye. He was completely blind in his left eye.