Totana City Council participated in the III National Conference "Crime and Society, recently held in Oviedo, through the presentation conducted by the Social Welfare council, Juan Carrion Tudela, on the pioneer city program" Social Intervention offenders in an open environment ", in coordination with the Correctional Services of Murcia, has been developing in the town since last March this year.
The aim of the program, according to the mayor explained, is to support the development of legal measures in an open environment (work in benefit from the community, attendance at rehabilitation program, etc.) Imposed on residents of the municipality for the commission of a type of crime related to domestic violence, traffic safety, etc. and develop with them-in parallel-social intervention that serves to prevent the commission of such offenses.
The formation meeting, held in the city of Oviedo, has been aimed to know and analyze, from different areas, the current criminal enforcement and alternatives to detention measures.
In it, they have gathered many professionals of the Judiciary, the State Security Corps, the social, mental health and other professionals related to the subject within the field of public administration, personnel and other partners with these institutions.
The content of the municipal intervention with offenders, as Carrion Tudela said, has been well received by people attending Workshops, and especially those who hold positions of responsibility in the judiciary and the prison administration of the State .
Notable in this regard are the statements made by the Secretary General for Coordination and alternative measures Territoral who congratulated in public, before an audience-and privately to the City of Totana for "exemplary work in the criminal enforcement of alternative measures to develop a program innovative intervention which is a reference and a role model for other government as involved in approaching the problem from a holistic perspective by adopting an educational-preventive strategy. "
Therefore, and in order to continue working and supporting people with problems associated with complying with legal action is planned, as announced by the council, which the city of Totana share with other administrations this agenda by developing and leading a general framework for action with offenders in open state level.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana