The Nationalist Party’s youth wing MZPN took to the outskirts of the Corradino Correctional Facility to silently protest the two suicide attempts which occurred in the facility just this year. With the most recent victim Colin Galea attempting suicide and later passing away whilst in care, the protestors stated in a post on Facebook that a prison ‘is a place where a human being should win back their dignity and the respect of other people.’
A board heralded by psychiatrist Anton Grech was set up to review suicide prevention measures, amongst other things, in the facility following the suicide attempts and other concerns of inmate mistreatment. With signs stating everything from ‘Malta has Europe’s steepest rise in rate of imprisonment’ to ‘social conscience’ and ‘solidarity’, the protest couples with around 100 new recommendations for prison reform released by activists and academics. Another protest is set to occur next Sunday outside parliament, this time by a number of civilians in a ‘non-political’ demonstration.
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Photo Source: MZPN FB