From 20-30 students in 2014 in the institutes of Alghero and Tempio, to the 70 today which also concern Sassari, Nuoro, other regional and Italian locations. A decade of expansion for the Penitentiary University Center (PUP) of the University of Sassari , as underlined this morning in the Aula Magna in the event that celebrated the tenth anniversary.
The Sassari PUP is at the forefront in Italy in terms of numbers and services. Suffice it to say that student prisoners are close to 6% compared to the national average of 2% and in the Tempio prison they are around 16% while in Alghero they reach peaks of 10%. In the last five years there have been 20 graduates.
The most popular degree courses are Agriculture , Human Sciences and Education , Humanities and Social Sciences and Law . Two projects have been launched in the current academic year: a cultural one called LiberArte and a more applicative one on Social Agriculture.
This morning the third memorandum of understanding for the three-year period 2024-2027 was also signed in the presence of the heads of the bodies involved: University of Sassari, Superintendency for Penitentiary Administration (Prap Sardegna), Inter-district Office for External Criminal Execution (Uiepe Sardegna ), Cagliari Juvenile Justice Center (CGM) and for the first time the Ersu of Sassari which will guarantee two beds and 240 meals a year to students who leave prison and want to continue their studies.