“From 1991 to 31 December 2023, there were 32,016 cases of judicial errors and victims of unjust detention, on average just over 960 people per year“. This is what he explains Samuele CiambrielloCampania guarantor of people deprived of personal liberty. Ciambriello he is also national spokesperson of the Conference of Territorial Guarantors of Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty. “Almost no one in Italy talks about judicial errors. But how many are there? How many people end up in prison or under house arrest, only to later turn out to be innocent? And how much does the State spend to compensate these people for unjust detention? It is necessary to distinguish cases of compensation for wrongful detention from those of compensation resulting from judicial error“. The latter are not the object of study of the data provided today.
In first place the Court of Appeal of Reggio Calabria with 82 payment orders for compensation for unjust detention in 2023, followed by Rome with 59 orders, Catania with 53 as well as the Court of Appeal of Palermo, Catanzaro 52 orders, Naples with 43 orders, and Salerno with 16 orders. For the amount of compensation allocated for these people in first place is the Court of Appeal of Reggio Calabria for euro8,019,396, Palermo with euro3,845,580, Rome euro2,626,240, Catanzaro euro2,129,959, Catania euro1,565,935, Lecce euro1,179,757, Naples euro955,099 and Salerno euro761,394.
“The total amount paid in 2023 as compensation for unjust detention throughout Italy is equal to 27,844,794 euros and refers to 619 orders with which the Courts of Appeal ordered payment”, Ciambriello specified. ‘‘These are shocking numbers so every day 3 people end up in prison without guilt, years of freedom stolen by Italian justice. A reflection, for efficient prevention interventions, overcoming a prison-centric vision is more necessary and necessary than ever. Urgent interventions are needed in prison here and now” concludes the Guarantor.
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