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She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals

2023-02-25 15:12:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals
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When Giulia Manca traveled to Pianosa in 2011, she didn't think she would ever return to her native Tuscany. She continues to stay at the Milena Hotel even after 12 years, but there is an interesting reason behind this. The hotel staff does not consist of ordinary employees, but of dozens of convicts on probation.

Manca, while staying as a guest at the unique hotel, was informed by the manager at the time that the hotel was in financial difficulties and was in danger of closing. If it was closed, the convicts would have to be transferred back to the prison. At this moment, Giulia offered to help the hotel for free.

She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals

Now the only woman living on the island known as the Alcatraz of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Manca serves as hotel manager and oversees the island's rehabilitation program run by Arnera, a non-profit organization with a mission to help people in need, including the prisoners.

"I stayed a week in the hotel and I didn't want to leave. The prisoner rehabilitation project fascinated me because of how these prisoners were given a second chance at life," Manca told CNN.

She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals

Manca lives and works together with a prison guard and 10 male convicts who work as cooks, gardeners, waiters, beach cleaners and dishwashers at Hotel Milena, the only accommodation facility on the island.

Prisoners here are paid a monthly salary for their work at the hotel and stay in quarters of the former prison, which have been restructured into comfortable studios with a gym, TV and kitchen. They are also given mobile phones so they can keep in touch. with their families.

She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals

Visitors have only recently begun to be allowed in and those who visit can only come as part of an organized boat tour that must be booked through specific tour operators.

In just a few years, Manca was able to turn things around considerably, and Hotel Milena has become a popular venue for weddings and birthdays, with guests partly lured by the hotel's unusual staff.

She is the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals

Pianosa, once known as Devil's Island, served as a high-security prison island from 1700 to 1998, to imprison bandits and revolutionaries. After the prison was closed, the remaining residents eventually left, leaving the island deserted for many years. 

Italian prisons are considered among the most inhumane and overcrowded in Europe, with 120 inmates for every 100 beds, according to a 2020 report by the Council of Europe, while prison suicides have increased 300% since 1960.

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