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Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Law No. 354/1975 (Legge 26 luglio 1975, n. 354, Norme sull’ordinamento penitenziario e sulla esecuzione delle misure privative e limitative della libertà)Treatment in detention must be oriented, also through contacts with the external environment, to social reintegration and is implemented according to a criterion of individualisation in relation to the specific conditions of the persons concerned. The specific conditions of each detainee are assessed through an interview aimed at ascertaining the needs of each subject, related to any physical, psychic, affective, educational, and social deficiencies that have represented an obstacle to the foundation of a normal relationship life. In detention facilities the employment of detainees and their participation in vocational training courses must be encouraged in every way. Moreover, detainees have the right to attend school programmes of all grades, from primary school to university. Particular care is devoted to the cultural and vocational training of inmates under the age of twenty-five.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2022The National Guarantor reiterated the need for the study activities, after the abrupt interruption of March 2020, to be resumed and continued in the penal establishments with the distance learning modalities currently foreseen for all, so as to allow at least the end of the school year. Report details