“We immediately ask for a meeting with Minister Nordio, to show him a picture of the Italian prison system, different from the idea with which the decree-law of last July 4 was born.
On that occasion we could talk to him about the proposal of a deflationary measure that could affect the eight thousand prisoners out of 61 thousand with a sentence of less than one year.
Finally, we believe that the involvement of the Regions is essential for new hiring of professionals dedicated to penitentiary institutions, such as psychologists, psychiatrists, cultural mediators, while the decree only considers hiring new penitentiary police units".
This was stated by Samuele Ciambriello, Spokesperson of the National Conference of Territorial Guarantors of Persons Deprived of Liberty and Guarantor of Campania, at the end of the press conference held today in the Caduti di Nassyria room of the Senate.
The meeting took place at the end of a meeting of the Coordination of Regional Guarantors which took place at the Conference headquarters, in via Pietro Cossa.
During the press conference, Veronica Valenti, Guarantor of the Municipality of Parma, Bruno Mellano, Guarantor of Piedmont, Valentina Calderone, Guarantor of Rome Capital, Doriano Saracino, Guarantor of Liguria, Stefano Anastasi'a, Guarantor of Lazio spoke. In the prison emergency - the Guarantors reiterated - there is a need for measures to reduce overcrowding.
On the merits of the decree, the Many they highlighted that: "the increase in personnel provided for by Legislative Decree 92 concerns only the Penitentiary Police; the measure on residential facilities for prisoners is not immediately applicable and in any case concerns a modest number of places; the changes to the early release institution would only apparently represent a simplification".
The press conference was attended by the vice president of the justice commission, senator Ilaria Cucchi, and senators Cecilia D'Elia and Filippo Sensi.
Article published on 15 July 2024 - 20:25
