(Finance) – “The opening of the Holy Door of the Jubilee inside the Rebibbia prisonwhich occurred on Boxing Day, marks a historical event of great significance“. This is what he says Carlo FoglieniNational President AIGA – Italian Association of Young Lawyers.
“The gesture made by Pope Francis, who defined the capital’s penitentiary institution as “a cathedral of pain”, brings with it a powerful message of hope– states Foglieni – but it is also a warning concrete to politics so that the prison emergency is finally placed at the center of the agenda in the new year”.
On the subject of prison emergencies, AIGA, through its National Observatory on Prisonsin collaboration with the Bush – European Center for Penitentiary Studies and a scientific committee of experts with consolidated experience in the penitentiary sector, is developing a organic reform project of the entire system. The goal is give concrete answers to the problem of overcrowding and guarantee, at the same time, a more effective realization of the re-educational purpose of the sentence.
“While acknowledging the efforts made by the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, by the DAP (Department of Penitentiary Administration) and by the CNEL (National Council of Economy and Labour), we believe that, following this historic event, the time has come for a decisive acceleration. It is necessary to introduce urgent and concrete measures that lead, in the shortest possible time, to the reduction of prison overcrowding and the restoration of dignity for detained people”, concludes Foglieni.