Manuela Macario

Manuela Macario is the municipal guarantor for prisoners in Ferrara, Italy, known for her advocacy for the rights and welfare of detainees. Recently, she has been in the news for raising serious concerns regarding the treatment of a transgender inmate who was allegedly sexually assaulted while being held in a male-only prison facility. Macario criticized the decision to place the inmate in a setting that did not meet her needs, emphasizing the lack of appropriate accommodations for transgender individuals in the Italian prison system.