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The Temple of the Monastery of Jeronimos has welcomed this morning the inauguration of the First International Conference of Social Work, Criminology and Penitentiary Volunteers organized by the Catholic University of Murcia, the Association of Social Workers of Prisons Association and Collective parentheses.

The event was participated Myriam Tapia, General Deputy Director of Punishment and Alternatives Measures II.PP the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Interior;

José María Caballero, vice dean of the Degree in Criminology at the UCAM;

Enrique Pastor, vice president of the General Council of Social Work of Spain;

Juan Carrion, president of the Association of Social Workers II.PP;

Virginia Ayala, president of the Association Collective parenthesis;

and Maria Robles, General Secretary of the Ministry of Presidency of the CARM.

Alternative measures

The word reintegration and rehabilitation are some of the more pronounced this morning.

The Deputy Director General Penalties and Alternative Measures of the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, the Ministry of Interior, Myriam Tapia, highlighted the important role that social workers in the field of penalties and alternative measures, and has ensured that the institution prison is changing its form factor.

"Not only do we consider punishable by imprisonment, but also more than 150,000 prisoners annually twinning not go to prison today because they have the opportunity to meet alternatively".

For his part, José María Caballero wanted to critically considering that it has never shown much interest in the prison environment, and said that "ignorance, people convict an archetype that does not match is great Most people in this area, where there are often very valid people and can contribute much "

Individualized insertion itinerary

More than 400 people come together in this first edition "in which we were able to involve the students, more than 150 students will follow the Congress and interact," said Juan Carrion, president of the Association of Social Workers of Institutions Prisons, who has also noted the participation of professionals from 20 prisons in Spain "who are developing an extraordinary job in favor of getting the rehabilitation and reintegration of people who are deprived of freedom";

and volunteers, representatives of the whole social fabric, "to value the strength of associations in the prison environment."

The scope of the prison volunteer has lectured Virginia Ayala, president of the association Collective Parenthesis, who have over 20 years working on the issue of prisons helping people to have a personalized itinerary of insertion.

"When a person is released from prison under part 100, in a very competitive society, and if it is not supported, again, unfortunately, to be inside the prisons," he qualifies.

Source: UCAM