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Law No. 354/1975 (Legge 26 luglio 1975, n. 354, Norme sDetainees’ complaints can be filed using an oral or written format (including a sealed envelope) that can be addressed to: the detention facility’s director, the chief of the Italian detention administration, the Ministry of Justice, judicial or health authorities visiting the detention facility, the National Preventive Mechanism or its regional branches, the President of the Regional government, the Supervisory Judge (magistrato di sorveglianza), the President of the Italian Republic. The detainees – personally or through their lawyers – can file a complaint before the Supervisory judge. If the complaint is accepted, the judge can impose – as compensation measure – a reduction of the sentence equivalent to 1 day for each ten days during which the detainee suffered the violation of their rights.

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