Overview

• Among the 42 suspects are two former directors and three healthcare staff accused of covering up or enabling the abuses.
• Officials face charges of torture, aggravated maltreatment, physical injuries and record falsification, and one suspect is also charged with sexual violence.
• Evidence collected from 2021 to 2024 describes repeated physical and psychological violence, including slaps, kicks, knee strikes, whipings to intimate areas and isolation punishment.
• The incidente probatorio will record the testimonies of all 33 former minor detainees under protective measures to secure their accounts for court.
• Prosecutors contend that these actions represent a profound breach of Italy’s constitutional requirement for rehabilitative juvenile detention.