Start of the 7th Course for Trainee Inspectors (Italy, 2022)

ROME – On Monday 16 May 2022, the 7th Prison Police Trainee Inspectors Course began. The course, which will last approximately seven months and will end in mid-November 2022, is aimed at a total number of 691 units, 606 posts allocated to the male role and 85 posts allocated to the female role. The Educational facilities that will host the trainees will be Catania, Verbania, Rome, Cairo Montenotte, Parma, Castiglione delle Stiviere and Sulmona. Moreover, the course, besides being held in presence at the training sites, will also be partly accessible in e-learning mode.
The following subjects will be covered during the course:

A. CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT LEGAL AREA
• Elements of general public law – (MT 15), Criminal law (MT12), In-depth study (P/L 3 hours);
• Offences specific to the prison worker and police personnel and others recurrent in the prison context and guided discussion (P/L 2 hours);
• The crime of torture; specific case and configuration. Analysis and in-depth study of a conviction for facts occurring in a prison context;
• Prison Rules and Regulations of Execution (P/L 30 hrs.) with in-depth study; (P/L 3 hrs.); The punitive responses with in-depth study (P/L 4 hrs.)
• Restorative and retributive responses with in-depth study: (P/L 2 hours);
• The work of public utility with in-depth study (P/L 2 hours);
• The security measures with guided discussion (P/L 3 hours);
• The role of the police in re-educational treatment with particular reference to the role of the inspector;
• Criminal Execution and the Constitution (MT: 5 hours);
• The Department of Juvenile and Community Justice (P\L 3 hrs) with in-depth discussion (P\L 2 hrs);
• The Interdistrict Units at the Criminal Execution Offices;
• International Conventions on the Protection of Rights (MT 4 hrs);
• Soft law on minimum standards for detention: (P\L 3 hrs);
• National Ombudsman for Persons Deprived of their Liberty (P\L 2 hrs) Guided discussion (P\L 3 hrs): Method and contents of the National Ombudsman’s reports.

B. TECHNICAL-OPERATIONAL AREA
• The Prison Police Corps (P\L 6 hours) and guided discussion (P|L 3 hours);
• The mission and values of the Corps in the light of regulatory developments and current competences;
• Analysis of the prison population. (P\L 15 hours) with in-depth discussion (P\L 4 hours);
• Violent crimes;
• The differentiation of circuits and management models in the different circuits: (P\L 6 hrs) with in-depth study (P\L 2 hrs);
• Change in adulthood; Scientific assumptions Methodology and techniques of observation and treatment of prisoners with guided discussion (P\L 3 hrs.);
• Prevention of the risk of re-offending: the contribution of prison staff and the tools available;
• Mitigated surveillance facilities (P\L 2 hours) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hours);
• Addictions: Facilities and female sections (P\L 3 hrs), Juvenile Circuits (P\L 4 hrs) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hrs);
• Group dynamics relating to pre-adolescent, adolescent and late adolescent inmates. Analysis of radicalisation and proselytisation phenomena in the young;
• The medium security circuit (P\L 6 hours) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hours);
• Psycho-criminological and management aspects of particular targets: (marginals, vagrants, transgender, etc.);
• High security circuits (P\L 4 hours) with in-depth study: (P\L 2 hours);
• Collaborators of justice;
• The 41 bis O.P. regime (P\L 3 hours) with in-depth study (P\L 2 hours);
• Psycho-sanitary consequences on people subjected to long detentions and particularly restrictive regimes, the detention of foreigners (P\L 6 hours) with in-depth study (MT 3 hours)
• Migratory phenomena: demographic, social and economic analysis with in-depth study (MT 3 hrs);
• The documents of immigrants: Taking charge of new arrivals (P\L 4 hrs) with in-depth study (P\L 2 hrs);
• Fingerprinting and DNA collection: procedures and interventions in cases of refusal. The DNA Laboratory;
• Interviews (P\L 3 hours) with in-depth study (P\L 2 hours);
• Identity and document verification. Self-certification scope and limits of use with in-depth study: (P\L 3 hours);
• The protocol between the association “Children without Bars” and the Ministry of Justice;
• The organisation of the service to protect minors and support parenting. Presentation of projects;
• Operation of transfer units (P\L 4 hrs) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hrs);
• Traffic police tasks related to transfer activity and guided discussion (P\L 2 hrs)
• Protection of the image of the Corps in public places;
• Critical events (P\L 6 hrs) and guided discussion (P\L 3 hrs);
• Analysis of the conditions and in which critical events are most likely to occur
• Strategies for predicting and preventing major critical events: violent behaviour caused by psychological distress or pathological conditions (P 6 hrs.)
• Legitimate use of force (P/L 3 hrs);
• First aid techniques (P 6 hrs);
• Suicide and self-harm (P\L 3 hrs);
• Negotiation and de-escalation techniques (P 6 hrs);
• Elements of emergency psychology: (P 6 hrs) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hrs);
• Analysis of error as a learning opportunity;
• Exemplifications;
• Radicalisation and proselytism (4 hrs P/L) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hrs)
• The Italian experience: prison management and the fight against proselytism: the control system;
• Methods, tools and indicators for detecting the risk of radicalisation;
• Criminal procedure and judicial police and public security activities (MT 12 hours, P\L 6 hours) with in-depth study (P\L 3 hours)
• Typical police activities in the prison context: case studies exercises with in-depth study (P\L 8 hrs);
• Method and legal reasoning at the core of judicial police activity: exercises;

C. ORGANISATION AREA
• Work organisation and human resources management within the Corps and the Administration (P\L 8 hrs.) with in-depth study (P/L3 hrs.)
• The employment relationship: constraints and tools with in-depth study (P\L 3 hours);
• Code of conduct for Ministry of Justice employees;
• The correct use of social networks with in-depth study (MT 2 hours);
• The disciplinary system. Regulations and procedures;
• Anti-corruption legislation and code of conduct (MT 6 hours) with guided discussion (P\L 2 hours);
• Organisational measures to prevent corruption and improve transparency in a prison context;
• Organisational and relational dynamics in organisations (MT 20 hrs) with guided discussion (P\L 3 hrs);
• The individual and the group: the supportive group and the negatively conditioning group with guided discussion (P\L 3 hrs);
• Sense of belonging to the Corps: reference values, modalities and concrete manifestations
• Principles and legislation on safety at work (MT 4 hours) with in-depth discussion (P\L 3 hours);
• Work-related stress: burn out and other manifestations. Prevention measures, equal opportunities (MT 3 hrs) with in-depth study (P|L 2 hrs);
• Equal Opportunities Committees in the law enforcement;
• Organisational learning and empowerment (P\L 6 hrs);

D. EXERCISES AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES AREA
• Stress prevention and management techniques (P 22 hrs.);
• Formal training and Command School (P 22 hours);
• Fire-fighting exercises (P 12 hours);

TRANSVERSAL ACTIVITIES
• Role orientation (P 26 hours)
• Team building (P 22 hours)
• Individual study plan 50 hours
• In-depth monographic studies proposed by the schools 20
• Individual study 40
Total course duration: 570