VERONA, Gennaio 2008. L'iniziativa che ci ha visti maggiormente impegnati in questo primo scorcio di progetto ha trovato nella richiesta di istituzione della figura del Garante dei diritti dei detenuti e delle persone limitate nella libertà personale the most mature and advanced level of consciousness and demand achieved by voluntary associations involved in the project ATM Justice (see also: Understanding the CSV call 2006-2007).
[# 1. Step optics return for a service than the assertion of rights] With this request it was, first, enshrined in the quality of an intervention that can point to real change - that is also relevant from a sociological perspective and political (and not only "voluntary") - the material conditions of life of persons deprived and / or restricted in personal freedom. And this is already a big step forward compared to the practice, often shewn habit, which sees the voluntary-voluntary cut its service around single individuals (or individual "cases"): action laudable, and today more than ever indispensable to the ever-increasing rationalizations (ie reductions) as well as to social assistance, such as social safety nets, in short, in terms of social status.
The point is that coaching, listening, help, support, guidance, information and training interventions are necessary though not sufficient to restore law and precarious situations of life or even unseemly irrispottosa dignity of persons. Such questions require more that other measures are taken "System", "structural", namely, sociologically and politically significant.
[# 2. Step optics sull'antinomia held that press-citizen (and corollaries: prisoners' rights versus public safety, etc..) To an optical wants citizenship understood and practiced in a broader sense, supportive and inclusive of all] This question, then, draws a further character of the proposed action because, underlying the request for the establishment of the Supervisor of the detainees, there is the questioning of that ideology - unfortunately common sense - which sees the prisoner in contrast to the citizen almost that the "rights" of prisoners were in opposition to the needs of "safety" of citizens. The basis of these "thoughts" a misrepresentation (or, rather, a real sham) of real data, which was founded sull'ingenua (but too often concerned) transpose the mere report-held town in the more hard and complicated antinomy-crime victim.
Given these distortions, our initiative reaffirms its being aimed at improving the material conditions of life not only of the "inmates" but also everything that context (institutional and otherwise) that is in the "city" generally regarded as its context natural.
And this is a very underscore important because it is able to jettison one blow, that rhetoric, often fattesi cliché about an alleged contradiction between prisoners-citizens: a contradiction, we repeat, which in turn is artificially mystified and heralded as a contradiction between criminal-victim (and that on the occasion of the pardon has been dished up in large quantities).
[# 3. Transition from an individualistic approach and short-sighted to the theme of "security" (only able to ask only ever increases punishment, control and repression) to a much more expanded, rational and forward-looking instead takes the security in social terms ( and not just criminal) and that it turns on the prevention (social) that the mere repression (criminal)] In fact, the point just discussed, in turn, invokes a further reason: in fact, if as we have seen underlying the request for the establishment of the Guarantor of prisoners' rights is the belief that they can not create such abstruse and devastating dichotomies, it is true that this can be confirmed not only by noble ethical reasons (easier to say that to practice) but also for simple logical reasons. History and statistics show just how useful and also very effective in addressing such issues through the weapon of criminal prosecution and, hence, reduction the criminal justice system to punish his version: everything is only capable of satisfying instincts vengeful, irrational fears, interests of class but not to solve problems. Indeed, the risk is exponential un'inflazionamento the so-called "security needs" to the point where they can be transformed into real phobias and paranoia, easily manipulated by cynical businessmen insecurity.
[# 4. Switching to a systemic approach - or "network" - to the problems mentioned above, based on increasing the exchange of information, reports, communication between sectors of society who are often in conflict or are fascinated by paperwork and / or self] Finally, the last element characterizing the initiative in question and that we want to show in this fast fresco, is the claim to set in motion a process that can foster a triangulation between the three sides as particularly influential in determining the living conditions of detained persons, namely: the prison institution, political institutions and civil society.
In this case, underlying the request for the establishment of such a figure is in fact the request for assumption of responsibility of each of these three stages and on the other hand, a fundamental task of the Supervisor is precisely to implement and further develop the circularity of information, relations and actions.
is to revitalize a network too often fragmented and divided, only able to reiterate
a practice of de-empowerment of / problems that do not appear (anymore) be reduced to simple matters (in fact, "cases") individual but on the contrary are to be included within a phenomenology full economic, social and political life.
[# 1. Step optics return for a service than the assertion of rights] With this request it was, first, enshrined in the quality of an intervention that can point to real change - that is also relevant from a sociological perspective and political (and not only "voluntary") - the material conditions of life of persons deprived and / or restricted in personal freedom. And this is already a big step forward compared to the practice, often shewn habit, which sees the voluntary-voluntary cut its service around single individuals (or individual "cases"): action laudable, and today more than ever indispensable to the ever-increasing rationalizations (ie reductions) as well as to social assistance, such as social safety nets, in short, in terms of social status.
The point is that coaching, listening, help, support, guidance, information and training interventions are necessary though not sufficient to restore law and precarious situations of life or even unseemly irrispottosa dignity of persons. Such questions require more that other measures are taken "System", "structural", namely, sociologically and politically significant.
[# 2. Step optics sull'antinomia held that press-citizen (and corollaries: prisoners' rights versus public safety, etc..) To an optical wants citizenship understood and practiced in a broader sense, supportive and inclusive of all] This question, then, draws a further character of the proposed action because, underlying the request for the establishment of the Supervisor of the detainees, there is the questioning of that ideology - unfortunately common sense - which sees the prisoner in contrast to the citizen almost that the "rights" of prisoners were in opposition to the needs of "safety" of citizens. The basis of these "thoughts" a misrepresentation (or, rather, a real sham) of real data, which was founded sull'ingenua (but too often concerned) transpose the mere report-held town in the more hard and complicated antinomy-crime victim.
Given these distortions, our initiative reaffirms its being aimed at improving the material conditions of life not only of the "inmates" but also everything that context (institutional and otherwise) that is in the "city" generally regarded as its context natural.
And this is a very underscore important because it is able to jettison one blow, that rhetoric, often fattesi cliché about an alleged contradiction between prisoners-citizens: a contradiction, we repeat, which in turn is artificially mystified and heralded as a contradiction between criminal-victim (and that on the occasion of the pardon has been dished up in large quantities).
[# 3. Transition from an individualistic approach and short-sighted to the theme of "security" (only able to ask only ever increases punishment, control and repression) to a much more expanded, rational and forward-looking instead takes the security in social terms ( and not just criminal) and that it turns on the prevention (social) that the mere repression (criminal)] In fact, the point just discussed, in turn, invokes a further reason: in fact, if as we have seen underlying the request for the establishment of the Guarantor of prisoners' rights is the belief that they can not create such abstruse and devastating dichotomies, it is true that this can be confirmed not only by noble ethical reasons (easier to say that to practice) but also for simple logical reasons. History and statistics show just how useful and also very effective in addressing such issues through the weapon of criminal prosecution and, hence, reduction the criminal justice system to punish his version: everything is only capable of satisfying instincts vengeful, irrational fears, interests of class but not to solve problems. Indeed, the risk is exponential un'inflazionamento the so-called "security needs" to the point where they can be transformed into real phobias and paranoia, easily manipulated by cynical businessmen insecurity.
[# 4. Switching to a systemic approach - or "network" - to the problems mentioned above, based on increasing the exchange of information, reports, communication between sectors of society who are often in conflict or are fascinated by paperwork and / or self] Finally, the last element characterizing the initiative in question and that we want to show in this fast fresco, is the claim to set in motion a process that can foster a triangulation between the three sides as particularly influential in determining the living conditions of detained persons, namely: the prison institution, political institutions and civil society.
In this case, underlying the request for the establishment of such a figure is in fact the request for assumption of responsibility of each of these three stages and on the other hand, a fundamental task of the Supervisor is precisely to implement and further develop the circularity of information, relations and actions.
is to revitalize a network too often fragmented and divided, only able to reiterate
a practice of de-empowerment of / problems that do not appear (anymore) be reduced to simple matters (in fact, "cases") individual but on the contrary are to be included within a phenomenology full economic, social and political life.
