De Michele (Dap), 'Rebibbia prison will soon have a health center'

"Efficiency and respect for the human dignity are the basis of the Administration's efforts Penitentiary to provide concrete answers to the right to health of detained persons. With these purposes, it is finally the 'Community House' project has entered its operational phase, a penitentiary health center dedicated to implementing services and services, including specialist services, to the population inmate of the four penitentiary institutes of Rome Rebibbia". The head of the Department states this in a note of the Penitentiary Administration Stefano Carmine De Michele. The project, which arises from an agreement between Dap and Asl Roma 2, provides for the free transfer to the Health Authority Location of some of the rooms inside the complex Rome Rebibbia penitentiary, where it will be set up a dedicated facility where health services will be provided in favor of the prison population in addition to those already offered in each of the Roman penitentiary institutions. "The aim - concludes De Michele - is to improve the right to care for prisoners in both quality and time quantity, optimizing access to health services, visits and therapies with methods and timing that allow for the combination safeguarding the health of patients with the condition of deprivation of personal liberty".