The Pagliarelli Prison is a Maximum security prison in the Pagliarelli neighbourhood of Palermo,

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History

Pagliarelli was built in 1980, became operational in 1996 and it is adjacent and adjoined to the Tribunal of Palermo. The prison is situated behind the

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and is a very large structure and of reinforced concrete (RC), for both men and woman, in the chief town of the island. Pagliarelli is divided into 8 departments: Scirocco (Maestrale and Libeccio), South (or “Mari”: Tirreno, Adriatico and Ionio), and Est (or “Pianeti”: Marte, Plutone and Giove) with a total of almost one thousand

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. Some rules of the institute seem to be very

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as regards improped and prohibited behaviours. In June 2015, an

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n was discovered (and filmed by cameras) just in time during a jailbreak, and just after was killed by the owner of the house he was robbing.

The prison today

Pagliarelli is a Maximum Security Prison holding prisoners from all over Italy. Moreover, Pagliarelli is a local prison, accepting different categories of prisoners and from different countries, especially from

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and

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. In addition the establishment serves the

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of Surveillance (Ufficio di Sorveglianza) and UEPE. Accommodation at the prison is a mixture of approximately 70% multi-occupancy cells and 30% single cells, distributed mainly across 3 residential units. Inmates at Pagliarelli are offered access to education, workshops, two gyms, one focusing on

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courses.

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