The fact-finding inquiry into prisons requested by Tajani’s party has been launched, but has been accompanied by a heated exchange between the centre-right MP Calderone and Giusi Bartolozzi, former chief of staff to the Minister of Justice

The graffiti featuring a five-pointed star and the initials ‘Br’ has appeared on a wall in Via Portuense. Meloni: “Solidarity with the minister. This reference to the darkest years of terrorism and the Red Brigades is something that must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.”

De Lucia: “Control of the prisons lies solely with criminal organisations, which want to leave things as they are.” The Minister for Justice’s response: “It is he who has lost control of himself”

Currently, criminal responsibility is not automatically attributed to minors aged between 14 and 18. Under the government’s amendments to the Criminal Code, this will change: the inability to understand and form intent will have to be demonstrated on a case-by-case basis. Meloni: “Anyone who assaults, robs or vandalises must always be held to account, even if they are 15 or 16 years old”