(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 23 - Constitutional Court Chair Silvana
Sciarra said Wednesday the condition of prisoners in Italian
jails was dramatic.
"At the European Social Summit held in Porto in 2021 it had to
be admitted, self-critically for the European institutions and
national governments, that forms of social inclusion continue to
be lacking for the most fragile, for the long-term unemployed,
for those with low professional qualifications, for those
working with non-standard contracts. Even more dramatic is the
condition of prisoners, who are offered very few training and
work opportunities," she told the annual meeting in Rimini of
the influential lay Catholic activist group Communion and
Liberation (CL).
"Of prison labour, the Court said in a judgment that it is an
instrument of redemption, not expiation of punishment, but a
method of treatment", added Italy's first Constitutional Court
female chief.
"The protection of dignity is owed to those who are deprived of
their liberty". (ANSA).
Condition of prisoners dramatic says Sciarra
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