Giulia Ferranti

Despite representing a mere 13% of the Italian population, immigrants make up 32,5% of its prison population. I will be examining the reasons behind this overrepresentation, a subject that has received scant academic attention hitherto. An overwhelming focus on immigration detention has, in fact, left the criminal prosecution of migrants largely overlooked. Using participatory methodologies, I therefore aim to develop an appropriate information base, providing a multiperspectival and intersectional account of the relationship between migration, individuality, and criminal justice, and assessing the potential contribution of the criminal justice process in such overrepresentation and the production and entrenchment of social harm.