Simona Anastasi

Simona Anastasi is a PhD student in the interdisciplinary doctoral program "New public administration: data and human resources" at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and holds an Honorary Research Fellow position at a criminal justice research institution. Her doctoral research focuses on prison labour systems, specifically examining private sector employment of incarcerated individuals.

Education:

• Law degree, University of Milano-Bicocca (2023)
• PhD Candidate in New Public Administration: Data and Human Resources, University of Milano-Bicocca (current)

Her research centers on prison labour dynamics, criminal justice implementation, and penal reform. Field experience includes a six-month collaboration with Milan's Bollate Prison and an 18-month traineeship at Milan's Public Prosecutor's Criminal Enforcement Office. She previously volunteered to support incarcerated students in higher education and worked for one year at Milan's UEPE (Office for Enforcement of Alternative Measures to Detention).

As an Honorary Research Fellow, she is affiliated with a prominent criminal justice research center where she appears in the Visitors and Honorary Research Fellows listing alongside experts like Professor Jessica Jacobson and Dr. Amy Kirby. Her thesis examines probationary suspensions of criminal proceedings within Milan's judicial system.