Prison Overcrowding: Bartolomeo Gagliano

Bartolomeo Gagliano: Annamaria Cancellieri announced the news Friday just hours after she had briefed Parliament on the escape of Bartolomeo Gagliano, who has a lengthy rap sheet and was serving a nine-year sentence for theft when he went missing earlier this week, according to 660 News. Savona is about 125 kilometres 75 miles from Menton along the coast and ROME A serial killer who failed to return to prison after a two-day, good-behaviour pass was recaptured Friday in France, Italys justice minister said, ending an embarrassing episode that had raised questions about the governments new efforts to reduce prison overcrowding. A justice ministry official said Gagliano was captured in Menton, France, just across the border from Italy on the Mediterranean coast. He had been due back at Genoas Marassi prison on Dec. 17 after going to visit his elderly mother in nearby Savona. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.