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Kouroumblis

Riots, Suffering, and Death: The Infamous Roman Prison Housing Easey Street Suspect

Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons as authorities fight to extradite him to Australia. Last month, inmates at Regina Coeli prison staged riots to protest the dire conditions in this historic facility, which has been operating since 1881 in a converted 17th-century monastery. The unrest erupted during a severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring to 35 degrees Celsius. Kouroumblis, a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece, was arrested under an Interpol red notice in connection with the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett.