The new kennel in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, in Campania, will be managed by prisoners

The kennel that will be built in the municipality of Santa Maria Capua Vetere will be managed by the inmates of the prison who will also be able to follow specific courses.

• In Santa Maria Capua Vetere, in Campania, a cutting-edge municipal kennel will be opened managed by inmates of the local prison.
• A way to encourage the reintegration of people after serving their sentences and to find a home and affection for stray dogs in the area.

A kennel with guests of all ages, crossbreeds and breeds.And i prisoners from the district house Of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, in province of Caserta, who will manage it and take care of the four-legged guests:we are talking about a project of great civil importance which involves the creation, through regional contributions, of a cutting-edge municipal kennel and a veterinary unit of theAsl and which will, at the same time, have the aim of pursuing a broader objective of reciprocity between territory and prison in full compliance with the re-educational purpose of punishment.

A modern kennel run by prisoners

The construction of the municipal kennel is based on a memorandum of understanding signed by common of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, by the mayor Antonio Mirra and the prison director Donatella Rotundo.The specific aim will be to allow prisoners to have a very important experience - supported by qualified professionals in the sector - of social inclusion with an eye also to a future readmission into the world of work.

Not to forget the needs of the territory in terms of strays:the other objective of the protocol is, in fact, to register the municipal kennel in the regional register for the purposes of adoptions.The shelter will be built together with a veterinary clinic in co-use with thelocal health authority of Caserta.Added to this are also training rooms where they will be activated seven courses aimed at prisoners who want to work in the pet world as dog trainer, operators for animal-assisted interventions and other professional figures.

An initiative that cares about humans and animals

Many others will also be involved in the Santa Maria Capua Vetere project local authorities And national like thestate property agency, theLocal health authority of Caserta And the University of Naples Federico II.Unfortunately, our country has the highest rate of recidivism in Europe after serving a sentence.Among the underlying reasons there is not only the difficulty of entering the world of work, but also deeper issues that are linked to the quality of life of prisoners who have to serve their sentences in the most crowded prisons in Europe, after those Of Türkiye And Bulgaria.

The project that is taking place in Santa Maria Capua Vetere could mean the possibility for many inmates to undertake a new work activity to be carried out alongside their four-legged companions.And, for the latter, there will be the possibility of finding a new one family and a new one affection which abandonment had caused us to forget for years.