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Massimiliano Schirinzi

Massimiliano Schirinzi is an English lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Educational Science, and Human Movement at the University of Palermo (Italy). He is a teacher of Italian L2/LS, a linguistic and cultural mediator, and an oral examiner at the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Italy). He is also the coauthor of the book In Partenza: An Introduction to Italian (2013, with R. Guarino) and coauthor of the articles “Immigrant Prisoners in Italy: Cultural Mediation to Reduce Social Isolation and Increase Migrant Prisoner Well-Being?” (2022, with M. Schirinzi, C. Novara, and E. Ayllon Alonso) in International Journal of Prisoner Health, and “Reversing the Trend: A Psychosocial Intervention on Young Immigrants in Sicily” (2018, with M. Garro) in Journal of International Migration and Integration.

Massimiliano Schirinzi

Countries around the world have disparate experiences with education in prison. For decades, the United States has been locked in a pattern of exceptionally...