Overview

• Seven notices of investigation have been issued to Gazzi Prison’s director, vice director, treatment officer and mental-health staff for possible omissions leading to Argentino’s death.
• Stefano Argentino was returned from special suicide watch to ordinary custody 15 days before hanging himself in his cell on August 6.
• An autopsy is set to follow the prosecutor’s appointment of a forensic expert on August 12, and the indicted parties may designate their own specialists to attend the one-time medical examinations.
• Under Italian law, Argentino’s death legally extinguishes the murder charge in the killing of university student Sara Campanella, preventing her family from seeking a trial.
• The case has reignited scrutiny over the adequacy of mental-health care and custodial supervision for inmates deemed at risk of self-harm.