The Prison: first, in and after the second house Caciolle

The Opera Madonnina del Grappa has hosted and organized, together with the Association House Caciolle, the seminar "Prison: first, in and dopo ", with the aim to focus attention on the mechanisms that lead to crime and imprisonment, well as the quality and conditions of life that still characterize those detained, and perspectives that can be offered to prisoners for reintegration and recovery in society.

Casa Caciolle convegno Carcere  (4)Meeting was attended by Senator Luigi Manconi, President of the Commission for Human Rights, and the Magistrate Libero Mancuso, holder of many investigations in the past that have characterized Italian political life and the fight against terrorism.

Senator Manconi and the Magistrate Mancuso showed that in their experience should always look at the man who is behind the crime and wonder about the opportunities that the company offered him and his real danger.

Casa Caciolle convegno Carcere  (1)Manconi reported as not more than 7/8% delle persone attualmente in carcere sono realmente pericolosi, while the vast majority belongs to the category of drug addicts, often from multiple substances and factors, and foreigners who have no chance external and often continue to be imprisoned for the crime of illegal immigration.

The entire prison population but could easily qualify for alternative measures, with a view to integrate without committing new crimes.

And 'emerged, however, the reality of the difficulty of finding solutions to find work because the private sector does not show active interest, or convenience, and the public sector suffers from a drastic reduction in welfare interventions, also determined by the economic crisis.

Casa Caciolle convegno Carcere  (2)But the company is in charge of the prison and prisoners only in the face of dramatic episodes, such as suicides and escapes, or on the occasion of repeated complaints that the EU sends to the Italian State for the poor living conditions that prisoners have to suffer due to the overcrowding of the cells, poor hygiene, the difficulty in receiving care, the lack of mobility and a few hours of air

An intervention of one person pointed out that a public meeting on the subject of prison, where were invited all about 300 Mayors from Tuscany, if they were fewer than 10, less the same municipalities where they are located Penitentiary Institutions of the Region.

Two members of the House have described about Caciolle 100 have taken their experCasa Caciolle convegno Carcere  (3)ienze prison and needs that still appear to maintain a regime of freedom and real integration.

It has also touched the issue dell'ergastolo, penalty “infinite” which is currently discounted by 1.500 people and that in some cases only ends with the death in custody of the person, which is a real contradiction because in the face of endless punishment can not speak of rehabilitation and recovery.

The association Florentine House Caciolle acts as interlocutor to give breath, legs and heart to the needs of people detained for the recovery of their rights.

Michael Lattanzi

By the number 26 – The Year of 09/07/2014