JAIL IN ITALY: Felons on Europe's last prison island Gorgona

JAIL IN ITALY: Felons on Europe's last prison island Gorgona | WELT Documentary

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10 ай бұрын

In the middle of Europe lies the prison island of Gorgona. Off Italy's coast, around a hundred serious criminals serve their sentences here. The convicted criminals spend their days behind thick prison walls at night and demanding work on the plantation during the day. The guards are unarmed but operate an efficient surveillance system of dynamic control. Those inmates who fail to parry are transferred back to one of the overcrowded detention centers on the mainland.
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@Eagle1ZX 10 ай бұрын

Seems like paradise compared to the average prison.

@djdeemz7651 9 ай бұрын

Seems like paradise compared to average life , if they let me fish I wouldn't want to leave

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@Wolffur 4 ай бұрын

Seems like paradise compared to almost anywhere.

@johnmadara1252 3 ай бұрын

no wonder no one tries to escape

@magirusdeutzjupiter2234 4 ай бұрын

Well done Italy, on a fantastic way of running an organised prison method which seems to tick every single box. I love the way every one is going about doing their jobs, with no sign of any one having a need to be rebellious or hard handed. The Island looks amazing too, love what they produce, and the hard work will make them healthy, wiser, and not get bored. Many thanks for the video of Gorgona, a place I never knew existed. 😎

@priscamolotsi 9 ай бұрын

Who would want to escape from this beautiful place? Healthy food, hard work outdoors, gorgeous views, lush vegetation…. Almost paradise!

@leahflower9924 8 ай бұрын

It is stunning and I never thought I'd say that about a prison lol I guess technically Alcatraz had a nice view too

@priscamolotsi 8 ай бұрын

@@leahflower9924 I suppose😆😆

@priscamolotsi 7 ай бұрын

@@dickwadd6190 😂😂😂😂

@tataukok2084 7 ай бұрын

@@dickwadd6190gay women lol

@Dominik40301 7 ай бұрын

I also watched prison in Germany documentary, Aachen prison, conditions there are much better than in US, they literally have key for their cell so they can lock it when they leave, but guards have key of second lock. They have TV's in their cells, someone even Playstation, fridge, photos on wall, they can also work, they got common room, they pay prisoners to take german classes to teach them language, free healh care and medicine etc. There are people outside prison who barely survive on minimal wage jobs, do hard work, and they need to cook their meals, sometimes even eat less because money shortages, while prisoners get free already prepared food and they do easy jobs and get about 100 EUR for 1 month work which they can use to purchase additonal things like chocolate, tobacco, shampoo etc. It may not be a good lifestyle for some young person who likes to travel, but for older ones is not so bad😂

@Wolffur 8 ай бұрын

These inmates have it better than most free men. The threat of being returned to the mainland prisons would be enough of an incentive to keep anyone in line.

@FuriousFred-pc2er 6 ай бұрын

Give respect, earn respect. I hope these men can go back into society and be well and live within in it. G'day from Australia.

@NazriB 6 ай бұрын

Lies again? Department Of Justice Drive Jeep

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@Wolffur 4 ай бұрын

Who would want to go back to society after this place? It's far better conditions than most people have in freedom.

@FuriousFred-pc2er 4 ай бұрын

@@Wolffursadly, you speak the truth mate.

@MrsEJV 6 ай бұрын

Prison isn’t a walk in the park, but this seems very humane mentally as well as psychically . Even not having to wear prison uniforms is a plus. Certainly the food looks far superior than most prisons and it seems the men take pride in their work. At least they are paid something for their work and thus can buy extras. It looks way better and more respect shown than “60 Days In”.

@jangchupyonten6854 4 ай бұрын

This is the only prison that 99% prisoners wanted to be held

@lordtette 4 ай бұрын

Many prisons pay people for work the salary though is no where near liveable

@MrsEJV 4 ай бұрын

@@lordtette no, they don’t pay enough to buy a few things in the commissary that are crazy overpriced. The burden goes on the family who are already stretched trying to travel to visit.

@raed8905 9 ай бұрын

That’s the youngest looking 95year old I’ve ever seen

@soloryderrr 10 ай бұрын

They made the jail seem dangerous and intense.. The prisoners are just chilling lol. Seems like a great place to serve time IMO

@HondDebeer-co1bl 9 ай бұрын

No prison around the world os great to serve time brother!

@sTraYa249 9 ай бұрын

@@HondDebeer-co1blhahaa you think USA is good....check out Finland & loads of other European jails...you gotta be very young?!

@Gen10civic 9 ай бұрын

This place is like a vacation for any america prison

@ArtSmosh1274 9 ай бұрын

@Genxcivic America prison is nice compared to most under develop countries prisons

@jonathanmosher72 9 ай бұрын

@@ArtSmosh1274Yeah, but it's bottom tier in first world countries. America is 100% about punishment and not about reform. It's a revenge based system.

@Boston82bl 8 ай бұрын

Please Welt do more documentaries like this. Great work.

@ph11p3540 6 ай бұрын

This is a medium security prison by American or Brazilian standards. I am sure Italy has a pair of maximum security prisons or special handling unit prisons for particularly nasty gang affiliated thugs. All more power to the Italian justice system if they can reform criminals into good citizens again without resorting to extreme encarceration living conditions.

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@Johndoe-co3pw 9 ай бұрын

Prison seems more like a resort with a bit of responsibilities

@user-ro8jm2zf9v 8 ай бұрын

It pays to kill in italy

@janemorgan5584 7 ай бұрын

This really is a success story I wish all of them the very best of luck

@santivid2 9 ай бұрын

What a great documentary, I really liked it, thank you!

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@annamarielewis7078 9 ай бұрын

New subscriber. You have such an interesting variety of videos to choose from. Thank you for educating me💝

@JamakiahEckert-uh7xw 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Gargonna.Owesome documentary 🙏 all the best for the prisoners. Switzerland 🇨🇭

@mikemartin7482 8 ай бұрын

Italian prison food is healthier than american organic food , Lol

@snoox27 3 ай бұрын

Not hard

@anushkasekkingstad1300 6 ай бұрын

In Norway, we have a prison island called Bastøy, meaning you claim that Gorgona is Europe’s last prison island is incorrect.

@jamielee3681 6 ай бұрын

Norway is Scandinavia

@anushkasekkingstad1300 6 ай бұрын

@@jamielee3681 No, Norway is only a part of Scandinavia. Are you really so ill educated that you are unaware that Scandinavia is in Northern Europe and that Denmark shares a border with Germany?

@inmydarkesthour2278 3 ай бұрын

He is ill educated like the producers of the documentary lol...but it was informative and interesting

@catecurry48 Ай бұрын

@@jamielee3681 Scandinavia is a continent? I was taught that there are seven continents, now there are eight! Neat.

@christopherstmarin 7 ай бұрын

Awesome documentary. Thank you

@peterlargent8916 9 ай бұрын

I've done time in Michigan and Colorado and believe me when I say that this place is a vacation Pete knows

@Thomas-os6bu 9 ай бұрын

This is NOT the last prison island in Europe, there is a prison island in Norway, called Bastøy kretsfengsel….

@valleyesogwa5058 10 ай бұрын

This is a great documentary,prisons should be a place of reforment and having prisons like these would give a better value to the society than those ones that operate based on hard conditions and severe violence,this prison sure does a great job and thanks also to the administration that runs this facility

@LoveKills250 9 ай бұрын

Agreed, but also, there are ppl who are beyong redemption, like the ones who will just go back to their old wys no matter what you do. When some one argues this point, I can member thing of a 'solution'

@johntate5050 9 ай бұрын

@@LoveKills250 Exactly. many criminals see help as weakness. They are natural born predators. Their brains work differently to people like you (original poster)

@donald8354 6 ай бұрын

@@LoveKills250 Your stamens is correct.

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@UnCannyValley67 9 ай бұрын

Drinking game: Take a shot everytime the narrator says “Nelson Cancro”

@annamarielewis7078 9 ай бұрын

That view is spectacular ‼️

@shanabenjamin8945 10 ай бұрын

😂 in African standards this is a holiday not a prison! 😊

@manouchkaberus 7 ай бұрын

Haïti too 😂😂😂that’s luxury.

@GreatWhiteShark75 6 ай бұрын

When the History do alien shows, I go online to see more WELT Doc's. Great job by these guys.

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@Wolffur 4 ай бұрын

History channel has fallen so far.

@IAN.M.O 10 ай бұрын

Hello welt ...the best 😌

@zaqwsx2811 9 ай бұрын

The Italians even have a way to make a prison relatively, "La Dolce Vita."

@Terri330 10 ай бұрын

Looking forward to this

@user-lh9cv7mp3r 9 ай бұрын

What a beautiful place to be in prison!

@chnalvr 6 ай бұрын

The men who are imprisoned on Gorgona and who work there do not have that wild animal look in their eyes that so many have in the cruel and overcrowded prisons that are designed only for inhumane punishment and torture.

@simen_Outdoor 10 ай бұрын

Lifestyle and daily life. Thank❤

@cmoore7780 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful place!

@mohdfahmi8841 5 ай бұрын

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@joeykitty2892 9 ай бұрын

The American prison system would do well to adopt some these practices and programs, to reduce the recidivism rate of released prisoners. Our system is forever broken....

@kRomani-gh4ws 7 ай бұрын

This are NOT violent killing rapists or child molester no mentally ill they are just petty crooks kept away from the real animals in our USA they are thrown in as one 18 year old weed dealer with 3 times murderers and violent rapists

@StevieZero 7 ай бұрын

American prisoners are animals and subhuman savages...

@tammycox9789 8 ай бұрын

That's not a prison! That's a luxury resort.

@GuiltyOne 9 ай бұрын

Man I would have loved to have done my prison time in a place like this instead of the Drumheller Institution....

@samoday2992 9 ай бұрын

Your hard

@donkeyballs3307 9 ай бұрын

Drumheller aint that bad,there's way worse prisons in Canada than drumheller ,millhaven makes drumheller look like a juvenile detection center

@GuiltyOne 9 ай бұрын

@donkeyballs3307 so I've heard.... I've done time in Bowden Penitentiary and Drumheller Penitentiary and Drum was the worst prison I've personally been in

@GuiltyOne 9 ай бұрын

@samoday2992 no I'm not I was young and dumb and made some horrible decisions which I paid for dearly

@lawrencemorgan3299 9 ай бұрын

Ex cons watch prison documentary?

@gerryfegan3608 9 ай бұрын

I would take this island over Rikers Island any day of the week

@kRomani-gh4ws 7 ай бұрын

Most of them admit their crimes and take pride in saying they never hurt anyone physically

@Czechbound 10 ай бұрын

This is very good documentary. I wish all the prisoners and staff the best. I hope the prisoners go back to society and stay the true course of a productive life within the law. And I hope that someone will remove Alessandro's AK47 tattoo ( it will help with him getting employment ). Ciao a tutti. Al boca la lupo

@colinmorsink9685 8 ай бұрын

Gorgona my friend is a holiday resort! 14 hours a day free movement with or without work and 10 hours behind bars in cells that most people in many countries in the world envy!! Very good food, lots of work experience to be gained and courses to follow which at the end of the day is paid as well!! If a convict has the fortune to be placed there, he can (if behaved) live a decent till good life while he is there and have skills and a future when he is released!! NOT a prison in any way - shape or form!! Titel should be: "Last holiday resort for hardened criminals!"

@eddiease 8 ай бұрын

why don't you book your holiday at that holiday resort then? I think it's a brilliant initiative... it can really reconvert prisoners into good human beings....

@albertplumer 6 ай бұрын

Perhaps time to learn a skill, day hedge fund manager as a possible aim. O the sea is a swimming challenge .😊

@RZPPAA 3 ай бұрын

It's as much a rehabilitation centre as a prison. What is the point in sending people to prison for 10 years, to release them and they commit a crime and return. If you can rehabilitate people, they can contribute to society! They can pay taxes, have a job, bring a family up, TELL OTHERS where they went wrong and also actually enjoy a drug/gamble/crime free life. When I was in the army it was a lot harder than this but it was my choice and I was getting paid, some of these criminals (not all obviously) WILL turn their lives around and that is the jobs of prisons, reform. Norway has the most lenient prisons in the World and also the lowest reoffending rates. So what is the point in sending people to prison if they're just going to come back?

@stevewapner9061 3 ай бұрын

No one has broken out, but people keep trying to break in! It’s a real problem.

@irinagrimble2813 6 ай бұрын

If only there would be more prisons like this where humanity remains and prevails so ppl can actually have a chance for changing. The current prisons increase violence, solv nothing..if anything most inmates come out worse than when they first went in

@inmydarkesthour2278 3 ай бұрын

I wonder though why the guards choose to live there instead of working at a prison on the mainland. I wonder what their leave looks like etc

@djdeemz7651 9 ай бұрын

"Welcome to paradise... sorry i mean prison..yes welcome to prison please enjoy your stay "

@manouchkaberus 7 ай бұрын

😂

@Wolffur 4 ай бұрын

A life sentence there would be better than a pardon elsewhere.

@skyrimwarrior 5 ай бұрын

If I had to serve time in Europe, I’ll choose this place in Italy.

@RenegadeSound 22 күн бұрын

Beats HMP Belmarsh that's for sure

@jackieridley8465 8 ай бұрын

Blessings to you all 🙏 from 🇬🇧 hello to aunty ❤

@jamiebizness1 7 ай бұрын

These are cool docs . When are you gonna show the part where the guards bring in the drugs weapons and cell phones, or staging fights and betting on inmates . Or when sometimes the guards they might accidentally find an inmate unalived. Also these cells are almost bigger than my place .

@riotsquadgaming7460 6 ай бұрын

"when sometimes the guards might accidentally find an inmate unalived" i actually dealt with that when i was a prison guard.

@jamiebizness1 5 ай бұрын

@@riotsquadgaming7460 that's maybe something you wanna keep to yourself . Considering what that statement implies . Hmm 😒

@lordtette 4 ай бұрын

@@jamiebizness1 ?? I don't think it's odd for a c/o to find people who have unalived themselves. I think that's what the commenter meant

@ricky.3326 5 ай бұрын

The low level American prisons should take note of this.

@amschelmayer.7092 6 ай бұрын

Alessandro has two SONS, not mere 'children'.

@dr.francodebellefort4209 6 ай бұрын

What do you expect from feminized societies ... neutral and feminine nouns/pronouns are permitted, not masculine ones.

@fredblahblah.6352 6 ай бұрын

Yup, he's two boys, the best any father can wish for.

@UFCSTARS 8 ай бұрын

Wow! This "prison" is a holiday camp...I wouldn't mind a couple of weeks here myself. lol

@gilbertroberttuahuru4715 8 ай бұрын

That's the sought of prison we need here in our country run by an honest faith full prison chief and offices.

@yaad2226 8 ай бұрын

YO MAMA WANT YA IN SUCH PRISON?

@speeddemon8977 8 ай бұрын

wrong translations on so many parts at 32:12 he said am not the boss lets say am responsible for this area at the garden...and i dont even speak italian like that but i caught so many wrong translations at the end of the day good doc i like it.

@annamarielewis7078 9 ай бұрын

What crimes would qualify one to end up here?

@UnCannyValley67 9 ай бұрын

Insurrection….trying to steal an election…..stealing govt documents……trying to use false electors

@syndihanson5710 9 ай бұрын

Good to know😂

@Wolffur 6 ай бұрын

I asked that question myself.

@CatholicCrusaderofYeshua 4 ай бұрын

Breaking spaghetti

@khonable 6 ай бұрын

Looks like a nice place to getaway for awhile.

@pinkyellowblue007 10 ай бұрын

Last? There is Suomenlinna in Finland but it's not just a prison island it's also open to the public.

@mauri906 10 ай бұрын

it's more like a prison on island than prison island i guess :)

@tealover70 6 ай бұрын

@@mauri906 huh??

@user-tx8dk7rs4i 10 ай бұрын

the story was very highly appreciated &it was great.....the value of life,kindness,.........human lives.....nextlevelFREEMAN..........gracias

@Curling_Rack 10 ай бұрын

are they busting cheeks and splitting wigs in Gorgona?

@saltycreole2673 10 ай бұрын

Why does that aspect interest you? 😂

@sexyandiknowit45 10 ай бұрын

@@saltycreole2673 cheeks

@fresatx 10 ай бұрын

Yes Daddy ❤❤❤

@jackcorbos7676 9 ай бұрын

Big Herc crew in the house ! 😂😂😂

@user-mx8yr6bp4c 4 ай бұрын

בס''ד נבקש תרגום מובנה בגוף הסרט כתוביות בשפה עברית להורדה והעתקה למחשב עם כתוביות מתורגמות בעברית בכל הסרטים תודה רבה

@francoroberti6702 9 ай бұрын

This is like hotel 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@reneelibby4885 2 ай бұрын

Please imprison me on an island with the guard at 13:56 😂

@gydur 7 ай бұрын

We have a prison island in Norway too ... Bastøy near Oslo

@batessdd 6 ай бұрын

Good doc, good narration, music was a bit too intense for a Utopia like this.

@RenegadeSound 22 күн бұрын

Angelo the 'baker' still hasn't quite worked out that Pizza is fattening , either that or he insists on taste testing everything he cooks 😄

@BroccoliHead7 10 ай бұрын

Cool

@justinpaone2227 6 ай бұрын

alcataz could learn something, america could learn something but they wont. alcatraz was closed after a few short years because of upkeep do to salt water and rust. um toytoas from the 90's bodies didn't rust, the frames built in america did. the trucks were scrapped because they would snap in half. while the bodies with clear rust didn't get any worse than surface rust. why, the quality of the steel. dayna who made the toyota frames claimed same spec as other manufacurers but clearly not. i have a 22 year old ford and the frame is perfect. same concept i recon.

@Faceplay2 3 ай бұрын

Something I’m curious about is what is the compensation for the correction officers working there? Are used to be a correctional officer myself in the states. But I mean like there’s got to be some sort of benefit to transfer there otherwise, why would you choose to be away from your family, your friends and I’m presuming for safety they can’t just have those people stay with them on the island. Does anyone know do they get like a double salary thing or a huge bonus for working there again? I’m just curious how that works and why an officer would choose to work at that facility. It’s a beautiful place but you’re giving up your life just like the inmates are completely.

@gouravmisra2317 10 ай бұрын

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@abminog4807 7 ай бұрын

The food looks good I know it's prison but damn it' seems pretty nice

@barbaraness4507 Ай бұрын

15:55 Wow! Those are some seriously heavy doors!

@Mossyz. 8 ай бұрын

I would love to live there .

@brendamazzera8027 6 ай бұрын

Your sure???

@Wolffur 4 ай бұрын

Who wouldn't?

@xtreme_survival7879 9 ай бұрын

some how those gates don't seem used to be closed, I think they are open all the time.

@Wolffur 6 ай бұрын

Well, who would want to leave? It's probably left that way to scare the prisoners.

@hecatommyriagon655 6 ай бұрын

This is not the last remaining prison island. There's at least another, namely Bastøy in Norway.

@Robbie_S 2 ай бұрын

I would consider this as my retirement plan from Crimes lol

@j.dunlop8295 8 ай бұрын

Each prisoner is forced to learn an occupation, as well as, self control! It's interesting, but their prison black market must be odd! Drone's deliveries?

@ane-louisestampe7939 6 ай бұрын

So Bastøy in Norway doesn't count as an prison island?

@domalbanese9691 6 ай бұрын

This is how prison should be.

@annamarielewis7078 9 ай бұрын

All prisons should have work.

@jonathanfinan722 4 ай бұрын

Those cooking sketches are nearly all in Cornwall.

@ferrierepc 5 ай бұрын

I think that this prison, which is different than many others, but is still prison, might be an ideal setting for so many men and women who have potential and are motivated to move in with their lives, in a different direction from what put them there. I know that in the US we have special prisons but the violence and return rates remain so high. There are other ways, like the above, to actually "reform" people other than to throw them into a box for however many years, let them go only to see them come back, for so many different reasons. Finland is experimenting with new, "open" prisons...and it is working. Give people something to do, nurture, every day..and the majority will. Of course, there will always be chronic people always going in and out of prison...but at least a prison like the above, offers hope and not a place which will box you in until your release date..in my opinion. PS...take a look at Rikers, in NYC, if you want to see why the system must change.

@user-up3xv6it8b 8 күн бұрын

Hats off to the only resident living there

@annamarielewis7078 9 ай бұрын

So on the mainland the prison guards don’t earn a living wage⁉️Can’t afford a house❓Shame.

@kRomani-gh4ws 7 ай бұрын

They can't afford VILLAS on a beautiful island

@jan22150 8 ай бұрын

How many foreigners are housed on this island as a prisoner?

@kRomani-gh4ws 7 ай бұрын

not many maybe 10 percent mostly Arabs that one asian looked vietnamese

@daleestep9518 6 ай бұрын

If more prison's were like this less people would return

@whydoyouwanttoknow4464 6 ай бұрын

Kinda have that movie "Escape from New York" Vibe! But this seems like vacation

@katieh193 9 ай бұрын

I wish more prisons were run that way and offered those opportunities.

@stevewapner9061 3 ай бұрын

How many men are house here? Fifty? Seems nice for a very small, well behaved group of inmates but I don’t think it would work on a larger scale.

@raymondcook8364 3 ай бұрын

How do I apply for a room there for life?

@mandyharrison3799 2 ай бұрын

Its like a holiday destination...how do i get here😂 seriously whats not to like!😎🇮🇹

@calicoasting 2 ай бұрын

What a beautiful place... prison and all

@paulgroundwell2427 9 ай бұрын

I'll have a life sentence please if you don't mind looks amazing 😉

@Wolffur 6 ай бұрын

No chance of parole, please.

@frankthetank8050 2 ай бұрын

Every inmate in Madagascar is dreaming of this place in the final moments when their soul leaves the body 😢

@Rusty_Nickle 3 ай бұрын

After seeing this and Germany and the one in Russia. It's refreshing to see that even though the American prison system is soft it's not this bad

@isellfoodstampz 6 ай бұрын

I want to go to prison there

@shaanjitsingh7200 8 ай бұрын

Where is Luigi lol😂😂😂

@thegreatandpowerfulaahz8862 3 ай бұрын

If I ever have to go to prison I wanna go to that one

@ceedadeejay3022 9 ай бұрын

This is jus a very long vacation😂😂

@susanarsoniadou 9 ай бұрын

Vacation time, not prison time. Seriously, it is a good idea. Maybe it will help the inmates become more law-abiding. It is more humane than, say, the prison in Brazil.