Phoenix
Some numbers
2
Teams
7
Fitness spaces upgraded
30
Inmates involved
Sports and Inclusion: two teams and upgraded gyms at San Vittore prison for the reintegration and well-being of inmates
“The practice of sports within penitentiary institutions plays a significant role aimed at promoting the enhancement of corporeality and the abatement of tensions induced by imprisonment, while fostering forms of social aggregation and positive relational models of support for a future path of reintegration.”
- Ministry of Justice
2 teams inside the San Vittore prison in Milan. A male team, composed of the young adults, between 18 and 26, and a female team. Professional technical staff, training materials and a dedicated support figure. Weekly trainings are held, which are not only a time of recreation but above all a time for socializing among the boys and improving their psycho-physical condition. Following the group will be our professional coaches and athletic trainers in addition to coordination by our staff. In addition to the technical part, the Project will be monitored by a sports psychologist. In addition to the field part, the project also includes the upgrading of 7 gyms inside the prison house so that everyone can make use of them.
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Context
Here, more than in other places, sports can provide that opportunity to overcome personal discomfort and relational tensions, and thus give a new perspective on social redemption.
Accessibility
According to Antigone's latest report, only in 44.8% of institutions do inmates have weekly access to the gymnasium, and 30.2% do not have it at all. In addition, in 17.7% of cases, particular sections do not have access to the gymnasium.
40.6% of institutions provide access to a sports court weekly, while 36.5% do not.
Source: Antigone, 18th Report on Detention Conditions, April 2022
San Vittore
The need for action is therefore clear, all the more so in an environment such as that of San Vittore, which in 2022 records 190. 1 percent overcrowding and 44 suicides committed in the first 9 months of the year in Italian penitentiary institutions.
The objectives of the project
To contribute to the improvement of the psycho-physical conditions of women and men inmates in the Milan San Vittore Prison
- Strengthen the awareness, self-esteem and health conditions of the participating inmates;
- Foster the construction of a group identity through sports practice;
- Promote opportunities for the prison environment to open up to the outside world, offering inmates a prospect of a future after their sentence.
The team
YouSport proposes the organization of weekly workouts that become a time for recreation but above all for socializing among the boys and improving their psycho-physical condition.
Following the group will be our professional coaches and athletic trainers in addition to coordination by our staff.
In addition to the technical part, the Project will be monitored by a sports psychologist.
Sports activity
Weekly activities will target the young adult group and the women's ward.
Within the project, also the redevelopment of seven fitness spaces within the prison house, in which to develop coordinated activities with an athletic trainer.
In addition to the goals of improving the psycho-physical condition of the boys/girls, one of the possible medium- to long-term goals is to involve some of the boys in our first YouSport team playing in the CSI Open A league, and some of the girls in our women's teams.
This of course in primis depending on the specific conditions and possibilities to fit in a competitive team context.
Call for Prison - Sport & Health
The participation of YouSport as lead partner in the Call for Prisons Sport& Health stems from the desire to:
- complete the offer by also enhancing the psychological and social component of the beneficiaries;
- provide opportunities for sports, cultural, educational and job training with a view to release after imprisonment;
- consolidate a model by networking.
Over a period of 18 months, activities divided into 4 complementary axes will be carried out:
- sports activities
- training activities
- activities in the socio-psycho-pedagogical field
- internship activities
Formative Activities
Rugby sevens with ASD Rugby Milano, already present since 2017 in San Vittore, young men and women will be involved in the sport of rugby.
Gymnastic sports activities aimed at health and fitness with Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus will be proposed interventions aimed at motor reactivation, while ensuring the development of cognitive and social skills.
Monitoring
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - Center for Research on Community Development and Coexistence Processes (CERISVICO)
The Center was born from the experience of the group of professors of the Faculty of Psychology who for twelve years have been working in the Brescia location in interaction and synergy with the territory, devoting their energies to the care of social relations in everyday contexts, that is, to the promotion of the quality of life in the community and in organizations, through the use of aparticipatory methodology, which identifies research-intervention as its method of choice. The Center offers its expertise to public and private entities and services, Third Sector entities, for-profit organizations, foundations and institutions of various kinds.
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The goal of the project is to promote and spread the culture of sports as a tool for social inclusion and empowerment of young people.
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