Overview
- The permits allow Forti to work and volunteer outside the Verona prison during the day with a required return to custody at night.
- Proposed roles cited in filings include surf instructor on Lake Garda, pizza maker in Verona, and English teacher.
- The Surveillance Court in Verona approved the request submitted by director Maria Grazia Bregoli, reversing the trajectory of a September rejection of conditional release by Venice judges.
- Don Carlo Vinco, the Verona prisoners’ ombudsman, confirmed publicly that Forti is authorized to go out for work.
- Supporting documents mention volunteer activities with a Malcesine sailing club for disabled youths and about €30,000 raised by the “Una chance per Chico” association, while Forti remains a life-sentenced inmate for the 1999 Dale Pike murder in Florida.