A useful cooperation between prisoners and academics for a better reintegration (PID105)

12.15pm – 1pm EDT, 28 March 2023 ‐ 45 mins

Parallel Workshops

Universities may contribute to reintegration of prisoners, as shown by our experience as volunteers at the Italian prison of Milano-Bollate. Professors and researchers of criminal matters, in cooperation with inmates, provide legal support to prisoners. We help inmates by filing applications for alternatives to detention. We also facilitate the work of prison staff by clarifying legal rules on rehabilitation and easing communication with inmates. Inmates who cooperate with us acquire over time a confidence with law and discover a particular satisfaction of helping their felllow.