“Prison is like the Amazon jungle, like a country at war, a remote island, an extreme place where survival is the priority and primary feelings are clear.” This is what Daria Bignardi writes in her book “Every prison is an island” (published by Mondadori), which she wanted to recount thirty years of frequenting Italian prisons.
He met thieves, robbers, drug dealers, mafiosi, terrorists and murderers, spoke with prison police officers, judges, institute directors. «I told stories of people who I then frequented and have frequented for many years» – says Bignardi who talks about when accompanied his three-month-old daughter in prison meeting her imprisoned grandfather (Adriano Sofri). «For seven years we went to visit him. I brought both my children and they were proud to have an innocent grandfather in prison.”
”Everyone hates prison. Some love the prison of others – writes Bignardi who certainly does not forget the serious problems of overcrowding in Italian prisons and brings them out in every line of his book. «Prison as it is is not re-educational, it is of no use. But it is a long-standing problem, difficult to solve.”
April 19, 2024
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