RSPC01 - PENITENTIAL SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RE-EDUCATION

The course aims to analyze the issues surrounding prisons, illustrating the main contributions to the study of the evolution of the prison institution, its functions, and the practices implemented within it. The current situation of prisons in Italy will be analyzed, with particular attention to issues of overcrowding, the prison population, immigrants in prison, and recidivism. Part of the course will focus on a sociological analysis of the current conditions of the prison population and emerging issues: employment, health, cultural and educational activities. The protection of fundamental rights in detention conditions, both from a regulatory perspective and in relation to the role and prerogatives of the Prison Ombudsman.