The context in which we will work in this project is that of detention; numerous European and national regulations regulate the aspects of detention, focusing on the re-educational and non-punitive purpose of the sentence. The aspects of the detention of which this project deals in a particular way are: 1) The problem of foreign prisoners and their families, both in terms of communication and for the understanding of prison rules 2) Support of the prisoner in the construction of self-consciousness and in the phase of reintegration Therefore, with respect to the priorities analyzed, it is important to focus on the following objectives: -Promove development to the problem of detention and execution of the sentence by acting proactively, supporting the person / citizen in the delicate phase of the path of social reintegration through theatrotherapy and other cultural activities that strengthen self-esteem. -Activate a process aimed at rebuilding an in-out community able to face the impact with the outside with greater awareness. -Experiment prevention-oriented actions and interventions for adolescent children in situations of frailty and "social" risk -To provide cultural linguistic mediation interventions to guarantee equal rights for prisoners and their families The activities envisaged for this consist of two international workshops that will involve the participation of 5 members from each association 1) The first will take place in Almada (Portugal) and includes: - - a training course on volunteer work in prison; - an analysis of prison situations in partner countries and a comparison of prison rules - information to prison workers on the rehabilitative and non-punitive purpose of the sentence 2) The second instead will be in Romagnese (PV) and will cover the theater therapy in prison -The Amici della Mongolfiera for Lu.I.S. Association . will talk about his experience on the theater group created at the Pavia prison -The Theater Theater of the Oppress will instead illustrate its most important theatrical instrument the forum theater of Augusto Boal. 3) There are also 5 international meetings for an analysis of activities and for project management The results we expect are: The impact on the participants will consist of: 1) For prisoners - Overcoming the fragility that often leads to the reiteration of the crime - A better reintegration in the relationship with the Civil society - A better and serene relationship between prisoners and prison workers - Authorization of the skills acquired in prison to disseminate them outside the prison context - An improvement in family relationships that are fundamental for the well-being of the detainee, especially in the phase just before the exit -A less linguistic discomfort due to the intervention of cultural linguistic mediators that will have the task of facilitating the integration of the prisoner inside the institutes, both as regards the relationship between the prisoners, and the relationship between foreign prisoner, penitentiary operator and lawyers. 2) For volunteers and social workers - A greater awareness of the detention environment -A greater ability to relate to the prison environment (prisoners, penitentiaries, etc.) -A greater knowledge of European and national laws regarding detention 3) For prison operators - Greater awareness of European laws governing detention - The possibility of seeing a comparative analysis between the different prison situations in Europe - A greater awareness of the real purpose of the rehabilitative and non-punitive sentence 4) Impact on participating organizations: -The most important impact on the participating organizations will be the permanent adoption of the intervention methodology inside the prison institutes produced by WIP -The birth of a European network that can continue to collaborate and share good practices even at the end of the project. As far as management, communication and dissemination are concerned, each Association is responsible from the local point of view while the lead institution is responsible for reporting and general communication and will also have the task of writing the interim and final reports.
The project addresses the situation of prisons in the partner countries:Italy,Portugal,Spain, France. The common problems found in all partner countries are overcrowding, undersized staff, lack of constant training, lack of activities aimed at recovering self-awareness and self-esteem, lack of family relationships. The problem of social reintegration is exacerbated by the presence of foreign prisoners, often without the support of their families outside the prison and with great difficulties in terms of communication and understanding prison rules, so they often remain alone in their island and do not participate in the activities. With respect to the priorities analysed, we focused on the objectives described in the initial phase of the project: -Promote development to the problem of detention and execution of the sentence by acting proactively, supporting the person/citizen in such a delicate phase of the path to social reintegration through theatre therapy and other cultural activities that strengthen self-esteem. -Activate a process aimed at rebuilding an in-out community capable of facing the impact with greater awareness. Experiment with prevention-oriented actions and interventions for adolescent children in situations of fragility and "social" risk. -To provide linguistic and cultural mediation to guarantee equal rights to prisoners and their families. Participants in the project were inmates of the "protected" pavilion in Italy and Portugal: protected prisoners have long sentences resulting from sexual violence in the family and on minors, they must be "protected" from other prisoners who inflict even serious punitive acts on them. In France, the beneficiaries of the project were inmates with minor sentences who could continue the theatrical path outside with the Theatre de l'Opprimè; the Spanish partner contributed above all with an in-depth legal analysis of the prison situations in the partner countries and a comparison of the penitentiary rules and their application, thanks to this joint work and to the great professionalism and availability of the Administration of Pavia and Dr. Rossin who collected all the data i, We could publish the manual "Utopia". The number of inmates participating in the activities was not always constant, due to transfers from one prison to another for various reasons (family reunification, expulsion to the country of origin, anti-social behaviour...), but especially due to the pandemic, which prevented the constant running of activities and workshops for several months and led to a cyclical turnover of participants. A total of about 100 inmates participated in the drama and creative laboratories. A difficulty was also encountered in the participation of prison officers and operators in the educational area in the training course, which always focused mainly on the re-educational and non-punitive purpose of punishment, due to the undersized staff and the work shifts exacerbated by the pandemic, which did not allow for continuous presence. .In spite of this, there is a better and more peaceful relationship between the prisoners and the prison staff, who were made more aware of the importance of their work and how, improving the quality of their work, improved the behaviour of the prisoners. Another area of training concerned cultural-linguistic mediation, given the strong presence of detainees from non-EU countries (48%), especially from the Arabic-speaking area with which the greatest problems arise. After the specific training the Pavia prison requested a monthly presence of Mediators from the areas most present in the prison.This choice made it possible to reduce linguistic discomfort within the institutions, both as regards relations between prisoners and between foreign prisoners, prison workers and lawyers. The various theatrical and creative activities described and experimented during the project proved to be fundamental in expanding mutual knowledge and activating new approaches that can be used in future projects related to the world of detention: the theatre therapy conducted in Pavia by Stefania Grossi, Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre coordinated by Rui Frati in Paris, the Social Theatre conducted by Febronia Espada in Sintra. The impact on the participants was monitored in itinere by means of questionnaires, highlighting excellent results in terms of psychophysical well-being and improved relational skills.As far as management, are concerned, Each Association was responsible from the local point of view, about Communication and dissemination while the lead agency was responsible for reporting and general communication and of the final reports. The results of the comparisons in the artistic and legal fields are summarized in the specific guide which was printed in 4 languages and distributed.