PENITENTIARY ORDINANCE AND PRIVATE ASSISTANCE VOLUNTARISM-ITALY

• NCJ Number: 45359
• Journal: Rassegna di Studi Penitenziari Volume: 27 Issue: 4-5 Dated: (JULY-OCTOBER 1977) Pages: 491-507
• Author(s): F GIOGGI
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Ministero di Grazia E Giustizia
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Italy
• Note: REPORT PRESENTED TO THE 10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SECRETARIATE OF PRISON ASSISTANCE BOARDS, ROME, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 26-30, 1976

Annotation

PROVISIONS OF 1976 ITALIAN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PENITENTIARIES, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNING VOLUNTARISM, ARE EXAMINED.

Abstract

ELEMENTS OF THE NEW ORDINANCE CONCERN FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES: TREATMENT; ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION; JURISDICATION; AND VOLUNTARISM. THE FOCUS OF THIS ARTICLE IS ON THE FINAL ELEMENT. THE LAW PROVIDES FOR THE USE OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE AREAS OF INMATE ASSISTANCE AND INSTRUCTION; SPECIFIC TYPES OF INTERVENTION IN WHICH VOLUNTEERS COULD PARTICIPATE INCLUDE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE INSTRUCTION OR INDIVIDUAL TUTORING; ADMISSION TO WORK ON THE OUTSIDE; CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; PROBATION; SEMILIBERTY; CARE FOR EXPECTANT AND NEWLY DELIVERED MOTHERS AND THEIR INFANTS IN THE PRISON NURSERIES ('ASILI NIDO'); PRISON LIBRARY SERVICES; ASSISTANCE TO DETAINED OR INCARCERATED FOREIGNERS; NOTICE OF INMATE ILLNESS OR DEATH AND ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF VOLUNTEERS IS THE REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE OFFENDER THROUGH MAINTAINING CONTACTS WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. --IN ITALIAN. (DAS)