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Guide
- book for prisoners
   
This
"guide" intends to help the prisoners understand the laws that rule
the penitentiary regime in Italy. Generally these arguments are almost always
presented in a very technical way, with a form of language more appropriate to
attorneys than to persons with a normal level of instruction.
The
objective of this guide is to make everybody understand the information, and
explain with simple words the rights and duties of the prisoners. It also
suggests the best ways of behaving in the different situations that prisoners
can find from the moment they enter the institute to the moment they are free.
The
guide is available in seven languages: Italian, Albanian, Arab, English,
Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and French.
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The
handbook’s first chapter only concerns this "route",
which begins by the search, the withdrawal of personal belongings, the
matriculation. Right from this very moment it is necessary to know the
formalities in order to communicate with the outside, for instance informing
the relatives, appointing an attorney, or getting in touch with one’s own
consular authority, as far as foreigners are concerned. We give suggestions and practical indications in
order to defend one’s own health, and also being able to manage in the
best way regarding agents and "socio - sanitarian" structures.
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With
the second chapter we pass onto explanations of the laws regulating
the trial, the short proceeding, the appeals and in final the admission to
the penitentiary benefits and the other alternative measures concerning the
detention.
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The
third chapter deals with the possibility for foreigners of a renewal
of the permit of residence (for those who had it when arrested), rules
regulating extradition and expulsion.
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The
fourth and last chapter considers the economical results of the
conviction: fines, law expenses, compensation for damages to the plaintiff.
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Summary
Life
of the institute and relationship with the operators
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The
first Prisoners hours
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The
regulations of behaviour
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The
Personnel of the institute
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The
conversations, the telephone calls and the mail
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The
expense and purchase
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The
"domandina"(a printed form for applications)
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The
schools, the professional formation, the cultural and sporting activities
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CSSA
(Social Service Centres for Adults)
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Ser.T.
(Service for Drug-addiction)
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ACAT
(Under treatment Alcoholics Association Club)
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Guardianship
of the health in the jail:
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General
rules for a healthy life as possible in jail
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The
importance of the hygiene
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The
rules for the cleaning
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Relations
with the Sanitary Service
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Laws
of greater penitentiary interest
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Legal
aid (Gratuito Patrocinio)
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Juridical
causes of restriction in the jail
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The
trial and the various forms of judgment:
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The
shortened trial
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The
"plea bargain" (patteggiamento )(application of the
punishment
on demand of the parties to the action)
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Direct
subpoena in front a single-judge court ( "Giudice Monocratico")
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The
direct judgment
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The
immediate judgment
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The
ordinary judgment (it is the normal form of celebration of the trial) |
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The
penitentiary benefits and the alternative measures to the detention:
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The
early release of the prisoner (liberazione anticipata)
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The
bonus leave of absence (permessi premio)
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The
external job (art. 21 O.P.)
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The
semi-freedom (semilibertà)
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The
probation with the Social Services (affidamento in prova
ai Servizi Sociali)
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The
probation in "particular cases" (for drug addicts and
alcohol dependents)
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The
admission to the alternative measures for convicts acclaimed
affected by A.I.D.S. or from serious immunity deficiency
(art. 4, quater Penitentiary Law (O.P.), introduced by the Law n° 231/99)
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The
house detention
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Management
of the relations with the institutions for the foreign prisoners
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The
re-examination of the social dangerousness and the revocation of the
expulsion
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The
renewal of the residence permit (sojourn permit)
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The
European Penitentiary Rules (Recommendation of the Committee of the
Ministers of the Board of Europe 12.02.1987)
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Transfer
of the convicted people to the foreign countries
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The
extradition
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Management
of the economic relationships with the institutions
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Fines
and ammendas (the conversion in limited release or in a useful social job)
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The
legal costs and of maintenance in the jail
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The
compensation of damages
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The
registration at the Employment office
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indemnity of unemployment
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