At prisons of Paduain the Italian region of Veneto, a pilot project is expected to be implemented soon which envisages the creation of “love rooms” for prisoners to meet their spouses and partners.

According to the Italian press, containers are to be placed, with rooms in the garden of the prison. The initiative is based on his decision Italian Constitutional Courtwhich ruled illegal the prohibition of “personal meetings” between prisoners and their relatives or close relatives.

At the same time, as leaked, the officials of the prisons of Padua are thinking of increasing the duration of the phone calls that the prisoners are entitled to make.

“Twenty-five years we have been waiting for this decision, finally everything shows that the right time has arrived,” said Ornella Faveroits director of Ristretti Orizzonti magazine (Limited Horizons) which is published with editors from some of the inmates of the prisons of Padua.

The Italian Minister of Justice Andrea Ostellari, however, stated a while ago that “no special permission has been given regarding this specific prison” and that “after the decision of the Constitutional Court, a committee will be set up with the aim of deepening the issue”. “Any initiative should be taken by the competent ministry and then by the local prisons,” Ostelari said finally.