10th of April ,Last Sunday a few dozen trans-feminists in solidarity went to give greetings to those locked up in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere on the second anniversary of the 6th April 2020 “massacre of the holy week”. Shouts from inside were already rising as we were reaching the spot as near to the windows as possible. Many prisoners looked out of the windows, asking for help and demanding freedom; many shouted about lack of water and inedible food, besides the awful unbearable conditions of life inside. Attempts at talking with them were almost immediately hampered by the prison police’s sirens intended to prevent communication and intimidate the people there in solidarity. From inside some started shouting that we should go, warning us that guards were coming.
The shouting was strong and determined, and the time available was short. It seems at least necessary to spread this news about the awful prison conditions at the limit of survival. In spite of the media exposure given to what happened two years ago and of the trial of the guards accused of torture, beatings and manslaughter underway, conditions for those locked up in there continue to be inhuman. This demonstrates that for the State and the institutions what is not in the spotlight might just as well continue to rot.
