Fifteen detainees from the Tirreno high-security section of the Secondigliano prison in Naples have begun football lessons led by coaches from SSC Napoli's youth sector.
The initiative uses football as part of a broader programme focused on personal growth, inclusion, leadership and social reintegration.
What is happening
The lessons are led by youth-sector coaches from SSC Napoli. The participating group is reported as 15 detainees from the Tirreno section.
The sessions combine football coaching with work on communication, collaboration, responsibility, leadership and problem-solving. According to the available reporting, the programme includes both theory and practice, with attention to personal responsibility as well as relational skills.
Twinning Project ETS provides the methodology for the project.
Where the project takes place
The activities take place at the Casa Circondariale "Pasquale Mandato" in Secondigliano, Naples. The Ministry of Justice identifies the institution as Casa circondariale Pasquale Mandato in Napoli Secondigliano, located on via Roma Verso Scampia.
The reporting names the Pasquale Mandato prison, Twinning Project ETS, SSC Napoli and Enel Cuore as involved, with the involvement of the Campania detainees' guarantor.
A wider sports programme in Secondigliano
The football lessons sit within a wider local sports-reintegration context in Secondigliano.
Sport Senza Frontiere describes a two-year sports-training pathway at Secondigliano, including football courses, referee training and instructor courses aimed at social and work reintegration. That wider context is reported to include football and padel courses, alongside referee training and instructor training.
What is not yet established from the accessible sources is the full programme schedule, the number of sessions, the full list of staff involved, or the longer-term outcomes. The accessible sources also do not clarify whether the 15-person group is the full programme population or only an initial cohort.
