Training educators working for penitentiary institutions

Abstract

Penitentiary institutions are considered places of discomfort on the fringes of society
despite the fact that they are required to re-educate and re-socialize prisoners according
to national and supranational regulations. Training in prison – besides being a
constitutional right and duty – is a challenge that involves the opportunity to reflect
on and review prisoners’ life plans and, at the same time, to go beyond the uniquely
repressive model of penitentiary institutions. The achievement of these objectives
requires professional figures such as educators and pedagogical operators with specific
skills and capable of planning effective training actions upon agreement with
the penitentiary équipe.