At the request of the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, new personnel reinforcements will soon arrive at the “Cesare Beccaria” juvenile penal institute in Milan: the 13 Penitentiary Police officers, who have already taken up duty on 22 April - after the arrest of as many colleagues involved in various capacities in the investigation by the Milan Prosecutor's Office - they will be added shortly [...]

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“In order to prevent and combat the dramatic phenomenon of suicides within the prison population, I have signed a decree which provides for the assignment of 5 million euros to the penitentiary administration for the current year for the strengthening of treatment and psychological services in institutes, through the involvement of specialized experts and professionals external to the administration" so [...]

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A meeting was held yesterday in Rome at the Ministry of Culture to take stock of the project for the Citadel of Justice in Perugia which involves a significant re-functionalisation intervention of the real estate complex of the former men's prison, foreseen within a larger extensive program of the Ministry of Justice entrusted to the State Property Agency. They were present, among [...]

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A regional pact for justice, especially civil, more efficient and effective, more integrated and digital, to be closer to the needs of citizens: with this aim the framework collaboration agreement between the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Ministry of Justice was renewed , Court of Appeal of Bologna and Attorney General of the Republic at the Court of Appeal of Bologna. […]

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Bilateral meeting between the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, and his Algerian counterpart, Abderrachid Tabi, on the sidelines of the International Conference in Palermo on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention to combat organized crime. The two ministers had - within the framework of the excellent relations between the two countries - an exchange of notes, [...]

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Palermo Convention, 20 years later. On the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of one of the main United Nations treaties against transnational organized crime - signed in the Sicilian capital - the Italian Government is organizing an international conference. On Friday 29 September, ministers and delegations from 34 countries will meet in the bunker hall – entitled […]

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The Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, received in his office this morning Daniela Di Maggio, mother of Giovanbattista Cutolo, the 24-year-old boy killed in Naples on the night between 30 and 31 August. A long and moving meeting, during which the woman expressed, in addition to her irrepressible pain, also [...]

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«I had the honor of corresponding with Paola Del Din about twenty years ago, when I read her exploits written by one of the most authoritative SOE experts, Marcus Binney in the book "The women who lived for danger", unfortunately never translated into Italy. Now Paola turns one hundred years old, and it's a hundred years of memories and glory. […]

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The new branch offices of the Ministry of Justice are ready to go, as soon as the personnel recruitment procedures are completed. 333 personnel units to be assigned to the seven offices set up in Turin, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples (already operational) and Palermo, articulations of the General Directorate of Material Resources and Technologies: they will have competence [...]

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The Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, signed two bilateral agreements on judicial cooperation with the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, General To Lam, this afternoon at the headquarters of the Ministry. The meeting took place as part of a series of institutional appointments of the head of public security of Vietnam in Italy. The two […]

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Ministry of Justice, the CDP Foundation and the Milan Foundation launch a new project dedicated to 120 young people included in the penal circuits Sports education and job orientation courses are planned in four cities: Bari, Catania, Naples and Palermo. The Milan Foundation and the CDP Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, launch the "Play for the Future" project for the [...]

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The Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, has signed the ministerial decree which sets the dates for the written tests of the competition for 17 ordinary magistrate positions on 18, 19 and 2023 May 400, announced on 18 October 2022. They will take place on 15 and 16 May the preliminary operations and the delivery of the codes. The diary […]

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“I learn with astonishment, from reading a press release released in the late afternoon, of a complained discrimination against the ANM for the exclusion from the ministerial technical consultation table for the reform of the criminal trial. It being understood that several magistrates are inextricably included in this body, I note that just this morning it was agreed with the president [...]

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"Italy strongly reiterates its support for Ukraine and its full support for the activity of the independent and autonomous International Criminal Court". In his speech in London at the "International Conference of Ministers of Justice in support of the International Criminal Court and its activity in Ukraine", the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, reiterated "the importance that Kiev ratifies the Statute [...]

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In a note, the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, having quickly concluded the reconstruction of the facts requested after the parliamentary debate of 31 January 2023, reported that the comparison between the statements made by the Honorable Giovanni Donzelli and the documentation in the documents reveals that the textual statement of the honorable - "from the documents that are present at the Ministry of [...]

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Interventions on personnel and buildings. Alarming youth unease, I propose an interministerial table “What happened in the Beccaria prison in Milan is the latest indicator of a growing and alarming youth unease, which everyone – each in their own role – is called to deal with. I trust that the interventions, implemented and planned by the Ministry, can contribute to [...]

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The Council of Ministers approved, on the proposal of the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, a decree law with two interventions on the penitentiary system and the reform of the criminal process. The first point of the provision aims to ensure - by the deadline of 8 November indicated by the Constitutional Court to Parliament - a response to [...]

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“Two suicides in a single day: a dramatic emergency, a painful defeat for each of us and the confirmation of the need to take a close look at the prison world. In these hours, in expressing my condolences to the families of those who have made such extreme choices, I confirm my decision to visit as soon as possible more [...]

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(by Carlo Nordio) It may seem paradoxical that an Italian military ship is kept under control by the carabinieri to avoid undesirable landings. In reality it is only an apparent paradox, because the reasons of hygiene, or public order, also apply to the armed forces. It is hardly necessary to remember that the decisions, according to the various [...]

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