The case of the rapper from Bernareggio Jordan Tinti, who died in prison in Pavia in March, has landed in the Chamber of Deputies due to the conditions of the Torre di Gallo prison and the lack of staff. The Honorable Five Star Valentina Barzotti together with colleagues Valentina D’Orso and Vittoria Baldino presented a parliamentary question on the topic.
The Jordan Tinti case and the responses of Undersecretary Ostellari
To reply on Tuesday 7 May at Montecitorio was the undersecretary of Justice Andrea Ostellari who retraced the situation of the former Brianza rapper from Bernareggio who was found lifeless in his cell and also underlined how “there is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office to shed light on the matter”. As regards the personnel in service, the Government representative highlighted that “At the moment there are 314 employees employed in the Pavia prison and another 4 units will be introduced shortly. Various competitions have also been held and others will be held to expand the staff of all penitentiary institutions”. Answers which, however, did not convince the five-star Barzotti.
The Jordan Tinti and Barzotti case: “Unbearable conditions in prison”
“We are absolutely not satisfied with the response given today by Undersecretary Ostellari to our question on the suicide of trapper Jordan Jeffrey Baby in the Torre del Gallo prison in Pavia. Once again we have denounced the unbearable conditions of that prison – commented Barzotti -. Penitentiary institutions cannot transform themselves into places of death or loss of hope, they must offer the conditions for the re-education of the condemned. This means more penitentiary police personnel, more treatment and health services, more cultural mediators and more job grants. The government gives no response to this: in prisons we see precarious, understaffed staff who often find themselves doing things they shouldn’t even be doing. The undersecretary talks to us about training protocols for the penitentiary police, when officers are called upon to carry out an unacceptable workload and unfortunately do not have the time to do training courses. We have been denouncing it for years, at present when prisoners enter prison they do not have any kind of prospect and when they leave they find themselves in worse conditions than those in which they entered. All this is unacceptable, the government needs to get a move on.” Jordan Tinti initially held at Monza and then transferred to Pavia, he was serving a sentence of 4 years and 4 months, after having attacked and robbed a man at the station in Carnate together with the Roman rapper Gianmarco Fagà.
