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Testimonials

First-hand reports: testimonials convey voices that are often silenced. Prison Insider welcomes stories of resistance and provides a venue for prisoners and loved ones to express their sadness and share their joys.

November 7, 2018

Italy: imagine a colourful prison...

Testimonial

Europe Italy

Marco has been imprisoned for 16 years. He tells Prison Insider about a typical day as an inmate in Rebibbia prison, close to Rome.

October 23, 2018

Italy : occupying time, occupying one’s mind

Testimonial

Europe Italy

Frederico is serving a ten-year sentence in Italy. He recounts for Prison Insider, what his days are like in Rome’s Rebibbia prison.

October 11, 2017

"Bedridden with a prison fever" — Marcello Dell’Anna (VI)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“Human nature is not always beautiful on the outside – far from it – but it can become horrible within empty walls.”

October 4, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (V)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“Every day, I fight against any risk of collapsing”

April 10, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (IV)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“I am trapped in my memories, stuck on images from the end of the 80s…”

April 4, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (III)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“All my best. I go back to prison the day after tomorrow. Warm greetings, Marcello”

March 21, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (II)

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Long-term prisoners Italy

“My letters tell my life in prison. A life punctuated by infinite time that causes someone like me to suffer both physically and mentally…”

March 7, 2017

Marcello dell'Anna (I)

Testimonial

Long-term prisoners Italy

“I have been detained constantly for the last 24 years. I am doing out a life sentence…”