The course illustrates the discipline of the execution of sentences involving deprivation of personal liberty.
The constitutional framework: inviolability of personal freedom; jurisdictionalization of executive procedures; right of defence; re-educational purpose of the sentence; recognition and guarantee of inviolable human rights; principle of equality; principle of legality; prison as social group (8 hours).
Supranational ideas: contributions from the European Union and the ECHR system; European penitentiary rules; “Mandela rules” (2 hours).
The execution of the sentence: res iudicata; execution order; suspension of the execution order; circumstances that modify the quantum of punishment during the execution; enforcement and surveillance proceedings (8 hours).
Life in prison: penitentiary and re-educational treatment; “normality” of prison life; individualization of treatment; proximity; elements of treatment (in particular, prison work); rewards and disciplinary sanctions; the protection of the rights of restricted parties (claims, jurisdictional claims, compensation remedies) (8 hours).
Alternatives to prison: permits, early release, conditional release, alternative measures (probation to social services, probation in particular cases, home detention, semi-freedom) (8 hours).
The evaluation of the social dangerousness of the inmates (2 hours).
Obstructive crimes; special intramural regimes (high-security circuits; “41-bis”) (6 hours).
Elements of juvenile penitentiary law (2 hours).
Business in prison: social enterprise; the organization of prison work; social cooperatives (4 hours).