T races of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up -- now emblematic of long-standing troubles plaguing Italy's prison ...

Cardinal Tolentino believes art can heal and rehabilitate, as projects bring hope and beauty to prisons worldwide for Holy ...

Severe overcrowding, dire conditions and appalling violence have brought the Italian carceral system to boiling point ...

The 330 men and boys were taken from the Regina Coeli prison to a place out side the caves, shot and their bodies flung into the caves, in reprisal for the killing of ten members of the Elite Guard.

The investigating judge ruled he should remain in custody at Regina Coeli prison in Rome. According to the custodial warrant, 181 photos of classified documents were found on the USB stick ...

He was held at the Italian capital's Regina Coeli prison since September 19 while the courts considered the request by police in Victoria to extradite him. The 65-year-old was put on a Qatar ...

Back at Regina Coeli, the region's prison watchdog, Stefano Anastasia, said he had met young men "who have served two, three, five years of their sentence" in the cramped jail.

Regina Coeli prison in Rome offers a "teeming microcosm" of the wider issues plaguing Italy's carceral system, said Agence France-Presse (AFP). A former convent dating back to the 17th century ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Prisoners walk down a corridor of Regina Coeli prison in Rome on May 30, 2014. [AFP] Traces of black soot still mark ...