The coffee shop in a Turin courthouse is looking for baristas who have served time in a plan signed off by the city council last week.

The cafe serves about 900 court employees as well as lawyers and members of the public.

Currently closed, the premises will reopen in the coming months, council spokesperson Michele Chicco told AFP.

He said: “This is part of efforts to humanise the detention of prisoners: having a job during the day, being in contact with clients, helps reintegrate offenders at the end of their sentences.”