Rome, Mar 16 (LaPresse) – "Naturally there are many problems that we all know. The first of which is the scourge of prisoner suicides, which is not easing. Each of these cases is a defeat for the State, to which the lives of detainees are entrusted." So said President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella while meeting at the Quirinale with the Head of the Department of Penitentiary Administration and a delegation of the Penitentiary Police on the occasion of the 209th anniversary of its establishment. "There is also a need that must be developed more and more and that you know better than anyone else, because you experience it day by day, that of the purpose of reintegration, of the rehabilitation of detainees. For everyone, particularly for the youngest. It is not only a constitutional obligation, but it is a choice of civilization, and it is also an investment in the security of citizens. Because the work of rehabilitation, when carried out, leads to an extremely low rate of reoffending, and therefore it is a responsibility that the Republic must cultivate as concretely as possible," the Head of State added.