From 8 to 10 October 2026, Turin will host Breaking Jail 2026, promoted by the association DEA – Dialogo, Eventi, Azione. The project was created to enhance the educational, creative and professional pathways developed within prisons, building a concrete bridge between the “inside” and the “outside”.

Following the first edition in 2025, held in Turin at Green Pea, Breaking Jail is evolving from a pilot initiative into a stable cultural and social platform, designed to connect institutions, cooperatives, associations, businesses, the education and training sector, and citizens. Its aim is to help overcome the stigma associated with detention by bringing visibility to skills, projects and stories of redemption that too often remain outside the public narrative.

The project is based on a clear vision: education, work, culture and creativity can become real tools for reintegration, responsibility-building and the prevention of illegal behaviour. From this perspective, Breaking Jail does not simply aim to raise public awareness, but seeks to activate relationships, opportunities and collaborations capable of generating long-term impact.

The 2026 edition will develop across two complementary dimensions, one public and one professional:

• on the one hand, the B2C area, located at Giardini Sambuy in Piazza Carlo Felice, Turin, will be open to the public and will host exhibitions, talks, workshops, artistic performances and experiential content dedicated to projects developed in the prison context. This area will showcase handmade items, products and projects created within prison workshops and by the social organisations involved, together with the photographic exhibition curated by Paolo Ranzani.
• on the other hand, the B2B area will be dedicated to dialogue between the productive sector, institutions and social actors. Technical talks, panels and networking moments will explore regulatory tools, hiring incentives, reintegration models and possible forms of collaboration between companies and socio-professional inclusion pathways.

The initiative is also a measurable tool. In continuity with the 2025 Social Impact Report, the 2026 edition will include the preparation of a new final report, designed to present the results achieved, the networks activated, the participation generated and the social and territorial outcomes produced by the initiative.

Through an accessible, inclusive language open to the city, Breaking Jail aims to offer Turin an opportunity for dialogue and participation around the theme of second chances, showing how cooperation between institutions, businesses, the third sector and the community can become a concrete model of social innovation.