In the midst of national controversy surrounding the Corradino Correctional Facility’s way of operations, Minister for Internal Affairs Byron Camilleri has broken his silence to address the issue.
Camilleri stated that he does not agree with a system that locks someone up and throws away the key, nor does he agree with a system which does not offer justice to the victim, but he believes that society should not attack those who works amongst the prisoners or spread lies.
The Minister expressed his respect towards correctional officers, stating that while ‘a lot of work is left to be done’, it was quite a daunting task to keep up with the drastic increase of prisoners within the Corradino facility in the past years.
Proposing a few potential solutions to the matter, the Minister revealed that the government has started a consultation process on an electronic tagging pilot project as well as a board which will assess prisoners’ physical and mental health as well a suicide prevention measures amongst others.
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