The protection of the mental health of detained persons continues to be a forgotten (or deliberately ignored) issue by our legislator. None of the reform proposals, including those of government initiative, relating to this aspect has in fact been included in the regulatory measures to amend the penitentiary system, which - amidst reluctance and timidity - have been approved in recent years. In the paper, an attempt is made to outline the possible contribution of substantial criminal law to the urgent redesign of the model of treatment and care of mental distress in prison and of supervening insanity. The limited adjustments made through the work of the jurisprudence, including constitutional ones, are not in fact sufficient to deal with a situation whose dramatic nature is made evident by the shocking number of suicides in prison (84 last year).
La tutela della salute mentale delle persone detenute continua ad essere una questione dimenticata (o volutamente ignorata) dal nostro legislatore. Nessuna delle proposte di riforma, comprese quelle di iniziativa governativa, relative a questo aspetto è stata infatti inserita nei provvedimenti normativi di modifica dell’ordinamento penitenziario, che - tra reticenze e timidezze - sono stati approvati in questi anni. Nello scritto si prova a delineare il possibile contributo del diritto penale sostanziale alla urgente riprogettazione del modello di trattamento e cura del disagio psichico in carcere e della infermità mentale successiva alla condanna. I limitati adeguamenti realizzati attraverso il lavoro della giurisprudenza, anche costituzionale, non sono infatti sufficienti a fronteggiare una situazione la cui drammaticità è resa evidente dall’impressionante numero di suicidi in carcere (84 nel corso dello scorso anno).
INFERMITÀ MENTALE SOPRAVVENUTA E DISAGIO PSICHICO. L’INADEGUATEZZA DEL PARADIGMA PENALE E IL DOVERE DI FARE QUALCOSA
Stefano Fiore
2023-01-01
Abstract
The protection of the mental health of detained persons continues to be a forgotten (or deliberately ignored) issue by our legislator. None of the reform proposals, including those of government initiative, relating to this aspect has in fact been included in the regulatory measures to amend the penitentiary system, which - amidst reluctance and timidity - have been approved in recent years. In the paper, an attempt is made to outline the possible contribution of substantial criminal law to the urgent redesign of the model of treatment and care of mental distress in prison and of supervening insanity. The limited adjustments made through the work of the jurisprudence, including constitutional ones, are not in fact sufficient to deal with a situation whose dramatic nature is made evident by the shocking number of suicides in prison (84 last year).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.