The marathon to shine a spotlight on the prison emergency also stopped in Naples, in the afternoon, at Piazzale Cenni, between the Palace of Justice and the Poggioreale prison, with the initiative 'Prison: liberare la speranza!'.
In Campania – according to data updated to February 21 – there are 7.524 inmates present against 5.584 available places, with an overcrowding index of 134%. “We need a deflationary measure immediately for those who have to serve a year in prison and who do not have impeding crimes.
In Italy there are eight thousand, in Campania 907", said Samuele Ciambriello, guarantor of Campania and spokesman for the Conference of territorial guarantors, speaking in the square that offers a view of some pavilions of the Poggioreale prison.
The inmates themselves, from the windows, greeted the participants of the initiative, chanting the name of the guarantor. From one of the windows the inmates showed a sheet with the writing "Alternative measures to prison".
“We need reception figures: psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers. In all of Italy, there is a volunteer for every 16 inmates. The presence of this listening figure is fundamental”. On overcrowding, he spoke of a limited number “in the sense that if there are X places in Poggioreale, we must not bring other inmates.
And so in other prisons. And this is our real provocation to say: use bracelets and house arrest more, but prison must be a last resort. We need not to incarcerate for small crimes and when people enter, we need alternative measures to prison. Q
This is also an appeal for the surveillance magistrates”. The initiative, which was well attended, was attended by the world of associations and volunteers from Campania that are part of the National Conference of Volunteering and Prisons, lawyers, citizens, political figures, the head of pastoral care for the Diocese of Naples, Don Franco Esposito, and the guarantor for the rights of prisoners of the Municipality of Naples, Don Tonino Palmese.
Article published on March 3, 2025 - 19pm
