Italy: Meloni decrees preventive detention for minors, 500 troops to Milan after unrest

Italy's government approved a decree-law allowing preventive detention for minors aged 14-18 and deploying 500 soldiers to Milan, the epicenter of recent youth unrest. The measure marks a sharp tightening of juvenile justice policy, lowering the age for detention and militarizing a major city. The decree's constitutionality and effectiveness are uncertain, but it signals a hardline shift in response to public disorder.