From the Southern Region – June 2019 Volterra Prison ‘In February, a special window was opened in Volterra Correctional facility, towards the outside world by the setting up of a new editing group, comprising  some inmates,  students of the Hotel … Read More

Erasmus+ project – report from Italy, Southern Region   STEPs, Supporting Ties in the Education of Prisoners, is a project of the program Erasmus+ for Cooperation and Innovation and the exchange of best practices, promoted and funded by the EU. It is … Read More

From the Southern Region – June 2019 Common Needs in Common Grounds An interesting, hands-on seminar was realized on 11/05/2019 at the premises of the Therapeutic Community KETHEA ‘Exodus’. Educators, social workers, psychologists, prison guards and administrators employed in prisons … Read More

From the Southern Region – June 2019 And when I cannot use my legs, I can use my mind… On Thursday, 23rdMay our school paid tribute to one of the most prominent Greek poets, Konstantinos P. Kavafy, in the in … Read More

From the Central Region – March 2019 Erasmus+ KA1 mobility project ‘Education behind bars’ From December 2017 through January 2019 Socially Excluded Educational Association ‘Busola’ was running an EU project thanks to which a few of its members could take … Read More

From the Central Region – March 2019 Prison education seems to be a very neglected field. Many inmates do not have any opportunity to develop themselves due to various barriers – be it system barriers, local ones within penitentiary units, … Read More