The function of prison is rehabilitative, which is why prisoners’ detention conditions are regulated by the European Court of Human Rights. Every prisoner should have three square meters. Despite this, the Italian prisons today are in a condition of constant overcrowding making inhuman the detention.
Metaphor used:
The main function of prison is rehabilitative, which is why prisoners' detention conditions are regulated by the European Court of Human Rights. The idea is to create cages through a metal grid in which to insert objects to give the feeling of detention and at the same time of overcrowding. The objects are inserted proportionally to the level of cell occupancy for each region. Where occupation exceeds one hundred percent it is difficult to read the shape of the different objects and to distinguish them, because their nature itself is distorted. The size of the cage is proportional to the maximum capacity of the region (the larger the cage the more detainees is able to host). There is a privileged point to observe the installation around which an area of three square meters will be traced.
Intended Meaning:
The will is to transmit the degrading condition of prisons through the claustrophobic and overcrowded representation of the cells. At the same time the installation represents the inhumane condition to which prisoners are subjected when the minimum holding spaces are not respected.
Source:
XIV rapporto sulle condizioni di detenzione dell'Associazione Antigone
