advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to increase their power it also comes after a number of matthew abbas's were temporarily released from prison and this was part of a controversial plan to stop the spread of the virus in italian jails while the convicts are under supervision at home the justice minister has vowed to return them to jail or soon as possible some the very notion of mafia bosses being allowed out of prison is unacceptable. worse than just liberating the mafia the government have put them in house arrest back in the future where they have terrorized people for years. just. me it was in the government's decision the decision was based moon total memories circulated by the department of prison administration asking prison officials to list those over a certain age and with certain health conditions who might be at greater risk in case of corona virus infection the officials were then asked to send the list to the supervisory magistrates who in italy oversee the release of inmates from prison by issuing that memo the department made a mistake as it didn't mention an article in th