Italy’s Prisons Were Overcrowded. Then They Overheated.

Scritto il 22/09/2026
da Elisabetta Povoledo

As temperatures in the country continue to approach 90 degrees Fahrenheit, inmates have been sleeping on concrete cell floors. Even the guards have complained.Outside the Rebibbia prison in Rome. There are nearly 65,000 inmates in Italian detention facilities, crammed into cells built for less than 47,000.