From father George Saccon I received the following letter which was sent to two newspapers of Treviso .
Dear Editor,
recently I'm taking on the part of many people, a particular interest per le problematiche che riguardano i ragazzi detenuti nell’Istituto penale per Minorenni di Treviso.
E’ nata da poco, anche, un’Associazione di Volontari, chiamata “La Prima Pietra”, che si preoccupa di promuovere attività all’interno dell’IPM e nel territorio con l’obiettivo di sostenere e reinserire i ragazzi che, dopo un periodo di privazione della libertà personale, si accingono ad incontrare nuovamente la società alla quale hanno arrecato una ferita. Si stanno promuovendo, un po’ su tutto il territorio della provincia, degli incontri pubblici, per parlare della realtà della detenzione. Penso sia importante incontrarsi e confrontarsi su questa realtà perché spesso is not very useful - both to the victims' and perpetrators - settling the problem of juvenile delinquency with the banal jokes. Whoever commits a crime, in fact, must certainly accept the appropriate penalty, but must also have the opportunity to redeem himself and come back into society so that we can bring your own stone to build a more healthy social body and, above all, made of justice. The public meetings that I see a bit 'all over the world are proving useful for those who participate because they open up to compare the different positions on these issues strong and often serve to dispel some stereotypes about prison. On immigrants, for example, comparing it turns out that we know very little; Not many stop to think that they too are "persons"!
The most common argument seems to be that of 'return' means to do so, namely, that scontino elsewhere prison sentence. And 'this reasoning that has its foundation, but in essence it puzzles me, because it seems not to consider some important aspects of the lives of these people, as, for example, the fact that often the back stories of hard life, made of journeys on foot through the Sahara desert; immigrants who faced the Mediterranean, and only God - the Father of all - knows how many have foundered. Another common place is in the account, without any distinction, children in prison as "street children" of "criminals"! For me - that I meet them every day - guys who are loving and that is why I agree with the statement of a juvenile prison chaplain, who said: "There are no bad guys"! Is important for me - as a citizen and as a priest - being able to open a debate on these issues among the people because the juvenile is an important reality of our territory in this regard I am pleased that Monday, 7 March next, at 20.30, in the parish hall of the church in Treviso Selvana keeps a public meeting on these issues of comparison, open to all citizens, which will also participate in the IPM psychologist, Dr. Luisa Bonavena, who with his speech tell the hopes and fears, joys and sorrows of the boys following at the Institute for Juvenile Criminal Treviso.
Saccon Father George, chaplain of the IPM Treviso
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