“At the European Social Summit held in Porto in 2021 it had to be admitted, self-critically for the European institutions and national governments, that forms of social inclusion continue to be lacking for the most fragile, for the long-term unemployed, for those with low professional qualifications, for those working with non-standard contracts,” she said.
“Even more dramatic is the condition of prisoners, who are offered very few training and work opportunities,” she added at the annual meeting in Rimini of the influential lay Catholic activist group Communion and Liberation (CL).
“Of prison labour, the Court said in a judgment that it is an instrument of redemption, not expiation of punishment, but a method of treatment.
“The protection of dignity is owed to those who are deprived of their liberty.”
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