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A 'jungle': Rome's teeming jail lays bare Italy's prison ills

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Rome 's Regina Coeli jail is a microcosm of major problems plaguing Italy 's prison system today .

On any one day more than 1,150 men are crammed into a facility designed for just 628 .

Rome 's notorious jail has the highest number of suicides within correctional facilities -- five in 2023 and three this year .

So far this year , 77 inmates and seven guards have taken their lives.

Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has promised 1,000 more guards in the next two years .

But that won't make up for a national shortfall of 18,000 , says guards' union.

Observers say reducing the strain requires far bolder government reform.

Defence lawyers' association accuses the government of "twisting the entire penal system in a radically illiberal and authoritarian direction".

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