Training educators working for penitentiary institutions

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.