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Coronavirus containment measures spark prison protests across Italy as nation goes into lockdown | South China Morning Post

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Protests erupted in prisons across Italy on March 9, 2020, after the government imposed limits on visits as a measure to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. At least six inmates died in one prison in the northern city of Modena amid the protests. Italy meanwhile expanded a lockdown to cover the nation’s e…

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