FILE PHOTO: Italy's Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede speaks on stage during an anti-government protest held by Italy's 5-Star Movement in Rome, Italy, February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Elderly mobsters recently let out of jail over fears they might catch the new coronavirus in Italy's overcrowded prisons may soon be put back behind bars, Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said on Wednesday following an outcry.
Some 376 mafiosi and drug dealers have been allowed to leave jail since March and placed under house arrest after officials decided that inmates aged over 70 could be released if they had health issues that made them vulnerable to the virus.
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