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Guarantor of Prisoners' Rights

The Ombudsman for Prisoners' Rights is a guarantee body. He intervenes ex officio or upon request to protect the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, in particular those in penal institutions, those subject to alternative measures of detention and those interned in residences for the execution of security measures (REMS).

Responsibilities and functions

The Ombudsman promotes interventions, actions and reports aimed at ensuring, in compliance with the State legal system and the prison legal system in particular, the effective exercise of the rights of persons in prison institutions, also through the promotion of memoranda of understanding between the Province and the competent State administrations.

It is autonomous and independent from political power and free from any conditioning.

His advice and intervention are free of charge.

For further information and to contact the Guarantor, consult the dedicated section on the Provincial Council website .

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