Pandemic in prison

Abstract

The coronavirus emergency led to a particularly serious situation, increasing the precarious conditions in which the external company found itself. The responses of the penitentiary world have produced heterogeneous consequences, in some cases resulting in violent acts, in others based on internal mediation strategies that allowed collaboration between prisoners and staff. The implementation of new measures such as calls on a daily basis and video calls, certainly contributed to alleviating internal tensions and marked an innovative turning point for the national penitentiary system. The main problem, however, remains as always the overcrowding: in Italy but also in Europe has understandably increased the management problems of the pandemic.