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thursday 28 november 2024
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The Government of Navarre set up a bureau of social agents working with prisoners
- The Government of Navarre has set up a table of social entities working with prisoners to improve the conditions of prisoners serving sentences in the Pamplona prison. The Penitentiary Bureau shall be composed of twelve officers from the Ertzaintza and other penitentiary institutions.
Santos kontseilaria mahaiaren gaineko azalpenak ematen Argazkia: navarra.es
Zarata mediatikoz beteriko garai nahasiotan, merkatu logiketatik urrun eta irakurleengandik gertu dagoen kazetaritza beharrezkoa dela uste baduzu, ARGIA bultzatzera animatu nahi zaitugu. Geroz eta gehiago gara, jarrai dezagun txikitik eragiten.
This Tuesday, the Minister of Justice and Immigration Policies, Eduardo Santos, met for the first time at the meeting of the "Penitentiary Bureau". This is a space for the participation of social organizations and associations working with the prisoners of Navarra.
The main purpose of the mesa.El meeting was to establish a consultative and participatory body to improve the conditions of those serving sentences in the Pamplona prison. "To get closer to the daily reality of prisoners, to know first-hand the problems and needs of prisoners and to offer them solutions agreed with social entities," he said.
Bureau, consisting of twelve officers
The counselor explained that associations working with the prisoners in Navarre, such as those working in health care, drug addiction prevention and psychological and therapeutic care, will be present at the table.
A total of twelve officers comprise the bureau: ACOAD, ANTOX, Zuria Day Centre, Network Against Poverty and Social Exclusion of Navarra, Castilla, La Majarí, Salhaketa, Sare HIV, SOAPJN, Pastoral Penitentiary, Project Man and Mediation Navarra.
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