Initiatives and conferences of the Prison Project
All the meetings organized as part of this Project are mainly aimed at students in detention, people with a collaborative relationship, educators and prison police officers.
May 15, 2026 - Inauguration of the academic year
House of Confinement of Padua
10 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
Program
16 and 23 April 2026
Forms of humanity - Stories of changes and depictions
Program
April 10, 2026
Visit of the classes of the ''Alberti'' Institute of San Donà di Piave
Program
Hermes Project - year 2026
an exchange, via email, between external students of Psychology of the University of Padua
and the students of the Due Palazzi Detention House
Program
26 March 2026 10-12 a.m.
Meeting with students at the ISS ''Albert Einstein'' in Piove di Sacco
Poster
20 March 2026 - Presentation of the degree courses A.Y. 2026/27
Auditorium Casa di Reclusione di Padua - Francesca Vianello
11 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
Poster
20 and 27 February 2026 - Meeting with the classes of the ISS ''Albert Einstein'' of Piove di Sacco
Poster
23 January 2026 - Theatrical performance CARAVANSERRAGLIO
Poster
13 January 2026 - 'RiparAzioni' Actions and Dialogues that reconstruct
Simone Grigoletto, University of Padua
Ornella Favaro, editorial staff "Ristretti orizzonti", Casa di Reclusione di Padua
1 p.m.-3.30 p.m.
Poster
5 December 2025 - Hermes Project: to open new narrative spaces - Gian Piero Turchi, scientific director of the project
2-4 p.m.
Poster
4 December 2025 - Nutrition and prevention: indications for staying healthy - Riccardo Di Deo
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Poster
13 November 2025 - Non-violent communication workshop - Riccardo Maistriello
1.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Poster
October - December 2025 - Prison Sociology Course - Francesca Vianello and Elton Kalica
Every Friday from 17 October to 19 December from 9.30 to 12.00
Poster
22 October 2025 - Seminar Sustainability and circular economy: opportunities and challenges - Anna Mazzi
10 a.m. -1 p.m.-Auditorium
Poster
5 June 2025 - Meeting Innovative Approaches to Mental Health: Lessons from the Past and Future Challenges
13:15-15:15 - Auditorium
Poster
12 May 2025 - Meeting What future for human rights and peace? - Marco Mascia
13:15-15:15 - Auditorium
Poster
9 May 2025 - Inauguration of the Academic Year at Due Palazzi Detention House
10 am, Auditorium
Program and insights
8 April - Family and affective relationships
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Auditorium Casa di reclusione Due Palazzi
Poster
28 March 2025 - Book presentationPenitentiary narratives and dystopias - Pietro Buffa
5-8 pm - Sala Anziani at Palazzo Moroni
Poster
28 February 2025 - Presentation of the degree courses A.Y. 2025/26 - University in Prison Project
10-12 am - Auditorium Due Palazzi detention house
Poster
February- April 2025 -Innovative Approaches to Mental Health: Lessons from the Past and Future Challenges
20 February first meeting to present the project and 5 June final meeting
13:15-15:15 - Auditorium
Poster
24 January 2025 - "Hermes" project: exchange of letters
First meeting to present the project
4-7 pm - Polo Universitario Penitenziario, Casa di Reclusione Due Palazzi
Poster
February-April 2025 - "Museums in a suitcase" Workshop activity for the creation of a museum exhibition
on 13 February, 7 and 27 March, 4 April
13:15-15:15 - School ward, Due Palazzi Detention House
Poster
8 January 2025 - "RiparAzioni" Actions and Dialogues that reconstruct
13-15.30 - Editorial staff "Ristretti orizzonti" in the "Due Palazzi" prison
Insights
18 December 2024 - Celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of Polo Universitario
11 am - Auditorium Casa di Reclusione Due Palazzi
Insights
11 December 2024 - Prison and exit routes from the penal circuits
2 pm - 5 pm - Auditorium Casa di Reclusione Due Palazzi
Workshop curated by Francesco Berti and Francesca Vianello
Meeting with detained university students
Poster
October - December 2024 - Prison Sociology Course - A.Y. 2024/25
Every Friday at the House of Confinement of Padua
from 18 October to 20 December
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Poster
3 July 2024 - Seminar "The air we breathe. Climate change and air quality"
Auditorium of the "Due Palazzi" Detention House, 10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Poster
6 June 2024: Seminar "Practical Philosophy in Plato and Barthes"
Auditorium of the "Due Palazzi" Detention House, 10 am - 12:45 pm
Poster
24 May 2024 - The "University in Prison" Project meets the schools at the Due Palazzi Detention House
Auditorium "Due palazzi" detention house, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Program
Friday, May 10, 2024 - Inauguration of the Academic Year at the "Due Palazzi" Detention House
10 am, Auditorium
Program and insights
17 April 2024 - Presentation of the degree courses A.Y. 2024/25 at the Due Palazzi Detention House
Poster
April 15, 2024 : Resocialization processes of the prison clan
Presentation of the book by S. Ferraro "Processes of resocialization from the clan to the prison. Two extreme and parallel paths"
Auditorium of the "Due Palazzi" Detention House, 10-13
Program
21 February 2024, Seminar "Restorative justice between theory and practice"
in collaboration with the Group of Voluntary Prison Operators (OCV) and the Office of the Guarantor
Palazzo Bo (Aula Nievo), 17:00 - 19:30
Program and other information
9 January 2024: An alternative to the classic justice model
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Seminar on Restorative Justice
Poster
18 December 2023 - Information meeting and presentation of the degree courses
Meeting with the students of the AFM / SIA Gramsci and the Alberghiero P. d'Abano 18 December 09:30 - 11:30 School Department - Casa di Reclusione Due Palazzi (Padua)
Poster
15 December 2023 - Foreshadowing the future in the prison community
Auditorium room, Padua prison - 11.30
Poster
13 December 2023 - Prison workshop and exit paths from penal circuits
Auditorium Casa di reclusione di Padua, 13.30-17
Poster
18 October 2023 - Presentation of the book "Maternity in pain. The penal execution of women with minor children"
University Center, Sala Grande (first floor), Via Zabarella 82, Padua, 6-8 pm
Poster
13 October 2023 - The Virgo collaboration meets the students of the Padua Detention House
Conference on the observation of the Universe with Gravitational Waves
House of Confinement of Padua, 10 am
Poster
October - December 2023 - Prison Sociology Course - A.Y. 2023/24
Every Friday, from 5 October to 15 December 2023 11.30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Poster
8 September 2023 "RiparAzioni" Actions and Dialogues that reconstruct
Seminar with the students of the master's degree in critical criminology
Auditorium Casa di reclusione di Padua, 2-5 pm
Poster
Report on the activities at the House of Confinement for the academic year 2022-2023
June 15, 2023 - Political Philosophy Seminar
9:30 -12:30 Auditorium, via Due Palazzi, 35 – Padua
Poster
27 May - Conference: Maternity in Punishment: Women with Minor Children in Criminal Execution
Aula Magna, Fisppa Department, Sociology Section, 09:00 - 13:00
Poster
May 25 - The Poet Prisoner
French Poetry Seminar
Auditorium - via Due Palazzi, 35 – Padua, 9:30 am -12:30 pm
Poster
12 May - Inauguration of the Academic Year at the "Due Palazzi" Detention House
The University of Padua inaugurates the academic year for students in detention at the Due Palazzi detention house
Auditorium, Via Due Palazzi, 35 – Padua, 10 am
Insights
26 January-22 June - Sociological research workshop in prison aimed at university students in execution of sentences
At the prison of Padua, 2.45 pm - 4.45 pm
Poster
21 April - The University in Prison project tells its story
As part of the international syllabus "Social Rights in Europe" Erasmus+ UniPd, KU Leuven and Lyon 3 Jean Moulin
The University in Prison project tells its story
Meeting between students serving sentences and students from Padua, Leuven and Lyon
Auditorium of the House of Confinement of Padua, 13:00 -15:30
Poster
April 20 - Introduction to Modern Physics
9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Auditorium
Introduction to Modern Physics
Poster
April 18 - History of the birth of quantum mechanics
Tuesday 18 Aprile 2023, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Auditorium
History of the birth of quantum mechanics
Poster
16 March - Employment contracts
House of Confinement of Padua
More information
24 February - The University in Prison Project tells its story: Dialogues between School and University on the theme of education
Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, 35122 Padua - 09:00-12:00
Poster
22 February - Presentation of the book "Farsi la galera"
5-7 p.m.
Poster
10 February - Presentation of the book "Life imprisonment and survival strategies"
House of Confinement of Padua at 9.30 am
Poster
National Conference Freedom to Study: the University in Prison (Roma, La Sapienza, 28 November 2019)
The University of the prison. The experience of the Poli universitari penitenziari (Florence, 1-2 December 2017)
National Conference I Poli Universitari in carcere – L'istruzione universitaria nelle strutture penitenziarie (Padua, 14 June 2014)
Inside and outside prison. Meeting on the prison situation (Human Rights Center Padua, 9, 16 and 23 November 2010)
Calendar of events and initiatives promoted and organized by CNUPP (National University Conference Poli Penitenziari)
https://www.crui.it/cnupp-eventi.html
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