Who was Francesca Brandoli, the prisoner who committed suicide in prison. He discounted the life imprisonment for the murder of the husband and in prison he married a uxoricide

He took his own life in the night between Sunday and Monday in the Bollate prison, where He was serving the life sentence for the murder of the former husbandCristian Cavaletti. Francesca Brandoli was 52 years old. The news of the suicide was confirmed to theHandle by Francesco Maisto, Milanese guarantor of the rights of prisoners: «I met her 15 days ago. Even if he had some health problems, nothing made me think that he was in such a situation as to make such a gesture. I am upset ».

Francesca Brandoli’s judicial affair revolves around an heinous crime that has shaken public opinion. Cristian Cavaletti was killed with ten back stab wounds and nine shocks of the headed body in the head, a brutal attack that began in the courtyard of his home. According to the final sentence, The murder, which took place on 30 November 2006 in Reggiolo, in the province of Reggio Emilia, would have been made by Francesca Brandoli and her former loverDavide Ravarelli, also sentenced to life prison.

The motive would have been linked to the battle for the assignment of the children: The day of the murder, the court had decided that the two children of the ex -couple should remain with their father. Brandoli, who had already moved away from the marital house to live with Ravarelli, had embarked on a legal war against Cavaletti on several fronts, between civil and juvenile courts. In 2010, the Court of Cassation confirmed for both life sentences, sanctioning the definitive responsibility of the couple.

Already in 2009, before the beginning of the appeal process, Francesca Brandoli had tried to commit suicide in the Dozza prison in Bologna. It was a cellmate to save her in extremis.

In the Dozza prison, Brandoli met Luca Zambelli, sentenced to 18 years for the murder of his wife, Stefania Casolari. The two married in 2011but their union ended with a divorce five years later.

In 2015, while he was prisoned first by work and then to San Vittore, the woman He obtained permission to work at the Milan Expoan opportunity granted to selected prisoners to favor their reintegration. Subsequently he was transferred to Bollate, an institute known for his re -educational approach, where he spent the last years of his life.

The drama of suicides in prison

Francesca Brandoli’s death is added to an already dramatically long list: Since the beginning of the year, 25 prisoners have committed suicidein addition to a penitentiary operator. A phenomenon that is raising growing concern. Gennarino De Fazio, secretary general of the Penitentiary Police, expressed hard words: “It goes up to 25 the tragic counts for the imprisoned and imprisoned that since the beginning of the year their life have been committed, to which an operator must be added, in the substantial indifference of the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, who does nothing but talk about the” burden of pain “caused by these deaths without taking measures Attenuate it ».