Emergenza sanitaria ed esecuzione penale tra diritto e tecnica

di Camilla Storace

SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa. – 2. I principali strumenti di contrasto al Covid-19 negli istituti penitenziari. – 3. Comitato tecnico-scientifico ed esecuzione penale. – 4. Brevi considerazioni conclusive.

This paper will focus on the contribution of the Scientific and Technical Committee in the management of the health emergency in detention centres. In these places of deprivation of liberty, since the first days of March 2020, the risk of the spread of the virus and, consequently, the risk of possible violations of the fundamental rights of prisoners has been felt more acutely. The pandemic emergency in prisons has been triggered by an already extremely critical situation - apart from Covid-19 - due to the dramatic situation of overcrowding, the totally inadequate hygienic and sanitary conditions of the rooms used for overnight stays and, more generally, the existence of obstacles that still prevent the full protection of the right to health.