PRISON OVERCROWDING AND ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION: A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES
A dialogue between Italy, Belgium, France, Poland, Romania and Spain
16th October 2014
MILANO - Palazzo Greppi, Sala Napoleonica - via S. Antonio, 10
9.00-9.30 Opening
Gian Luca Vago, Dean of the University of Milan
Emilio Dolcini, Head of the law Department “C. Beccaria” – University of Milan
Pasquale Nobile de Santis, President of the tribunale di Sorveglianza of Milan
Salvatore Scuto, Milan Criminal Bar Association
Guido Chiaretti, President of the charity association Sesta Opera San Fedele
I Session
The problem of prison overcrowding in a European dimension: in search for solutions, good practices and pilot experiences.
Chair: Gian Luigi Gatta, Associate professor in criminal law – Coordinator of the research unit of the project “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”
9.30-10.00
Introduction
Research project “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”: framework and guidelines.
Alessandro Bernardi, Full professor in criminal law – University of Ferrara. Coordinator of the project “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
10.00-10.30
Prison overcrowding between law and rights.
Barbara Randazzo, Associate Professor in Public Law – University of Milan. Member of the legal service of the Italian Constitutional Court.
10.30-11.00
The challenges of prison overcrowding for prison administration and policy.
Lucia Castellano, Member of the Regional Council of Lombardia – Former head of Milano Bollate prison – Vice-President of the special Commission for prison overpopulation in Lombardia – Member of the Government’s Commission for prison reform.
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
II Session
Confronting national legal experiences
(an introduction to legal systems and practices)
Chair: Alessandro Bernardi, Full professor in criminal law – University of Ferrara. Coordinator of the project “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
11.30-12.15 The Italian experience.
Angela Della Bella, Researcher in Criminal law. Member of the research unit of the University of Milao – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
Stefania Carnevale, Researcher in Procedural Criminal law. Member of the research unit of the University of Ferrara – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
12.15-13.00 The Belgian experience.
Christine Guillain – Professor in Criminal law and procedure. Member of the research unit of the University of Brussels - Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
13.00-14.30 lunch
14.30-15.15 The French experience.
Julie Alix, Associate professor in Criminal law at the University of Le Mans. Member of the research unit of the Association de Recherche Pénale Européenne (ARPE) – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
15.15- 16.00 The Polish experience.
Celina Nowak, Assistant professor in Criminal law at the Kozminski University of Warsaw.
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.15 The Romanian experience.
Florin Streteanu, Professor in criminal law. Coordinator of the research unit of the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
17.15-18.00 The Spanish experience.
Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero, Post-doc researcher. Member of the research unit of the University of Castilla-La Mancha – “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”.
A simultaneous translation will be ensured.
